PARCA eNews – April 1, 2017 – The PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA) has announced a new certification for PACS and IT professionals. 

The new DICOM certification will replace the Certified PACS Interface Analyst (CPIA) certification and will more specifically focus the course material and the exam on DICOM, the international standard for Digital Imaging and Communic...

Clive Daniell is a qualified electrical engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the medical imaging field. He started his career with Siemens Medical where he trained as a CT, MRI and X-ray technician. In 1996 Clive shifted his focus to PACS, RIS and Information Management systems. He was responsible for the implementation of the first digital department in South Africa at Little Company...

QUESTION: What is SMIL’s approach to reducing radiation dose in body CT

ANSWER: Concerns about increased cancer risk attributable to computed tomography (CT) continue to grow as the number of CT examinations annually approaches 70 million, with a third of them involving abdominal and pelvic imaging. In a series of reviews in the American Journal of Radiology on CT radiation, Pierre D. Maldjian and...

Question: What are SMIL’s guidelines for performing a thyroid biopsy after an ultrasound?

ANSWER: Thyroid nodules are common, with palpable nodules found in 4 percent to 7 percent of the adult U.S. population, and solitary or multiple nodules found at much higher rates with ultrasound screening. While about 95 percent of these are benign, there is wide variation in their management, and determining...

According​​ to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the precise number of people affected by deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism is unknown, but estimates range from 300,000 to 600,000 people in the United States. 

The disease course of acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ranges from complete resolution over time to embolization to scarring with varying degrees of obstruction, ve...