Yahoo!/Ziff Davis: iPods Store Medical Images | Linux Today

Yahoo!/Ziff Davis: iPods Store Medical Images

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 7, 2005

” Medical images are increasingly important in diagnosing
everything from cancer to heart disease to sports injuries. And
they are used extensively for research, including brain function
and experimental treatments, but they also require large data sets,
making storing and transferring images problematic.

“Two radiologists recently developed open-source software,
called OsiriX, to display and manipulate complex medical images on
the popular portable devices called iPods. The most current version
of OsiriX, which speeds up some processes and fixes crash-causing
bugs, was released on Tuesday…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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