Health Imaging September 22, 2023
Growth in imaging has mainly been fueled by the increasing number of digital images that need to be archived. MRI and CT exams consist of hundreds of images each. The movement to digital breast tomosysthesis for mammography is also moving exams from just a few images to 30 or more per exam.
Another big driver to adopt cloud storage has been the movement to enterprise imaging systems, where images and data can be consolidated into one archive to make it easier to share across healthcare systems and between departments. These systems increasingly include images and data from departments across a health system, beyond the traditional radiology and cardiology PACS users.
In the past, hospitals and health systems maintained all...