Shin Kong Hospital, one of Taiwan's biggest private hospitals, has upgraded its Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) with high-quality medical displays provided by Barco. The hospital's displays have been replaced with a combination of Coronis Fusion 6MP DL, Nio Fusion 4MP, and MDRC-2120 units. The hospital staff was particularly impressed by the new image quality, long lifetime, and after-sales service.
In 2004, a PACS structure was installed in Shin Kong Hospital's Diagnostic Radiology Department, featuring Barco's Coronis 5MP displays, as well as a number of non-Barco medical and commercial displays. The hospital administration reported that five years later in 2009, the Barco displays had outlived the other devices, continuing to produce high-quality images.
In response, Dr. Liang-Kuang Chen, the hospital's chief radiologist, contacted Barco for advisement on a new configuration, centered on the Coronis Fusion 6MP DL. "I am very impressed by the Coronis Fusion 6MP DL," said Dr. Liang-Kuang Chen. "The image quality, brightness and contrast ratio are excellent for multi-modality viewing, allowing us to read chest x-rays, CT and MR images. Furthermore, it is very convenient for us to view both gray-scale and color images on just one screen."
During the evaluation process of the new technology, a patient suffering from a kidney stone was brought into the hospital. The displays in use at the time failed to locate the stone. Dr. Chen suggested reading the case on the Barco Fusion 6MP which was on-site for the evaluation. The featured display showed the kidney stone clearly, impressing the radiology department and the hospital's management. The choice to upgrade the dispays subsequently was made.
Shin Kong Hospital decided to purchase a combination of Coronis Fusion 6MP DL, Nio Fusion 4MP and MDRC-2120 displays. All were installed in Q1 2010. This upgraded system is intended to provide the radiology department with higher image quality and optimized brightness and contrast levels on all displays. The arrangement of three different models gives the radiology professionals the flexibility to use the most fitting display specific to each diagnosis.
