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FDA Okays iPhone Radiology App
MedPage Today ^ | Published: February 05, 2011 | By Peggy Peck, Executive Editor,

Posted on 02/05/2011 8:13:52 PM PST by Swordmaker

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1 posted on 02/05/2011 8:13:53 PM PST by Swordmaker
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In announcing the approval, the FDA said the application can be used to view results of CT, MRI, and PET scans on the mobile devices and use those images to make diagnoses.

I bet that's not the only thing it's used for.

2 posted on 02/05/2011 8:17:10 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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The app allows viewing of scans taken by other devices by transmitting them to an iPhone or iPad, it doesn’t create them itself, BigSkyFreeper.


3 posted on 02/05/2011 8:22:57 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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First Medical radiology imaging App for iPhone and iPad wins FDA approval—PING!

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iPad & iPhone medical image diagnostic FDA approved app Ping!

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4 posted on 02/05/2011 8:23:05 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
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It wasn’t all that long ago when docs were saying that films would never be replaced with digital images.


5 posted on 02/05/2011 8:32:08 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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That must been the General Practitioners that said that....


6 posted on 02/05/2011 8:36:07 PM PST by Kimmers (Tell a lie often enough it becomes political........)
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To: RegulatorCountry

I never said the app creates them.


7 posted on 02/05/2011 8:36:48 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: Swordmaker
I work in Radiology Information Services, and all I can say is...I can't believe they are saying it could be used for DIAGNOSTIC purposes! Consultation purposes, perhaps, but not diagnostic.

But hey...I could be wrong.

"...The FDA said it, "also reviewed results from demonstration studies with qualified radiologists under different lighting conditions. All participants agreed that the device was sufficient for diagnostic image interpretation under the recommended lighting conditions."..."

That seems like a hole big enough to drive a truck through. I find it hard to imagine any responsible radiologist doing a diagnostic interpretation on a cervical spine fracture xray from viewing it on an iPhone. I suppose if you are desperate, then sure, you do what you can.

At the very least, they will love it for the consultation potential. I am sure my team will hear about this on Monday morning, first thing...:)

8 posted on 02/05/2011 8:42:44 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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To: Kimmers

No. Radiologists.


9 posted on 02/05/2011 8:45:22 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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I had a discussion with someone who worked at a hospital that was at the vanguard of the transition to digital imaging.

There was so much resistance, that they took a piece of film, cut out the center of the film and attached it to a monitor on a workstation, so the radiologist could reach up and grab a reassuring piece of film between their fingers while they viewed the digital images.

I think they were joking.

Maybe.


10 posted on 02/05/2011 8:46:13 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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IF the image is of sufficient resolution, then I don’t see why it could not be used as such - it would just take a bit longer with zooming in and looking at each individual area closely.


11 posted on 02/05/2011 8:46:36 PM PST by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: Kirkwood

Most of them would never, ever go back now. Speech recognition, however, is a completely different ball of wax...:)

We have been using it for about six or seven years, now, and there are some who bitch daily about it. They would jettison that in a heartbeat.


12 posted on 02/05/2011 8:48:25 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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To: TheBattman

Agreed, but...it really does seem like a stretch, when you consider the monitor calibration hassles and record keeping that one is mandated to go through on diagnostic workstations.

It just seems...er...odd.


13 posted on 02/05/2011 8:50:33 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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To: TheBattman

Orthopaedists routinely consult ER docs by remotely viewing images on laptops/pc’s. Now the technology is pocket sized.


14 posted on 02/05/2011 8:54:19 PM PST by seton89 (Aequinimitas per ignorantiam)
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To: TheBattman

Resolution was certainly one factor, but the bigger factor was the gray scale on CRT monitors. 8-bit grayscale (256 levels) was not sufficient.


15 posted on 02/05/2011 8:57:57 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: seton89

True...but a consultation is a much different beast than a diagnostic read.

Heck, people used to put images in email and such for consultation purposes.

Even still, every tool that can give clinicians a little more flexibility is a good thing. Makes our job harder, having to support this kind of thing, but if it is for improving patient care, then...it’s all good...:)


16 posted on 02/05/2011 8:58:39 PM PST by rlmorel ("If this doesn't light your fire, Men, the pilot light's out!"...Coach Ed Bolin)
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To: Kirkwood
About ten years ago, there were huge debates about whether digital photos would ever replace film. This was among professional photographers. Now, Kodak has even quit making Kodachrome. The last roll went to Steve McCurry.
17 posted on 02/05/2011 9:01:12 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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But hey...I could be wrong.

Nah, you are a Freeper! Freepers are never wrong ..... unless I disagree with them. :-)

18 posted on 02/05/2011 9:01:55 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: rlmorel

I still keep one film viewer in the lab, but we recently threw away the last of the ones we still had in storage at the clinic.


19 posted on 02/05/2011 9:02:07 PM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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>>>"...The FDA said it, "also reviewed results from demonstration studies with qualified radiologists under different lighting conditions. All participants agreed that the device was sufficient for diagnostic image interpretation under the recommended lighting conditions."..."

That seems like a hole big enough to drive a truck through.

What kind of displays are used on current workstations? The iPhone has excellent color fidelity and gamut. Or is it an issue of screen size? Do the workstations have hoods and hardware calibration? (I don't know much about radiology, but in another life I worked in print production on CRT monitors, so I know a bit about display calibration). I find it hard to imagine any responsible radiologist doing a diagnostic interpretation on a cervical spine fracture xray from viewing it on an iPhone. I suppose if you are desperate, then sure, you do what you can. At the very least, they will love it for the consultation potential. I am sure my team will hear about this on Monday morning, first thing...:)

20 posted on 02/05/2011 9:08:01 PM PST by ReignOfError
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