Saturday,
March 15, 2003
Austin,
Texas
Carpe
eDatum and Ship-Rad Services Will Install Another
Holland America System
Austin,
Texas based Carpe eDatum, Inc. (CeD) and partner Ship-Rad Services of Vancouver,
B.C. will install another Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and
Computed Radiography (CR) device in the infirmary aboard the Oosterdam.
The Oosterdam is Holland America’s (HAL) newest ship, currently under
construction in Mastre, Italy where Ship-Rad will do the installation.
The companies and HAL have chosen to use Kodak Health Imaging’s CR
product (formerly Lumysis) to produce the digital x-rays because of its
reliability, long track record and global service organization.
The Kodak product is recognized as the standard for desktop computed
radiography. Like her sister
vessels, the Amsterdam and Zuiderdam, the companies will continue to utilize
Vamstec’s robust PACS system to acquire, store and communicate digital x-ray
images via satellite link to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in
Galveston, Texas. UTMB radiologists
will interpret and return their findings back to the ship’s doctor through the
same satellite link. The
Oosterdam is scheduled to enter HAL’s fleet service in June.
About
the Companies
Carpe
eDatum, Inc. (www.carpe-edatum.com )
is an Austin, TX based company that markets and integrates Vamstec's Clinical
Image Management System (CIMS) software, consisting of two main components: ISSA,
which is the medical information and archiving system and Pharos which is the
interactive remote image/data communication module. The company also represents
Kodak Health Imaging products and Voxar, Plug n View 3D Medical Imaging, which
work hand in hand with ISSA and Pharos.
Holland
America Line (www.hollandamerica.com)
offers 12 luxury ships sailing to more than 280 ports of call on all seven
continents. Beginning with the ms Oosterdam
in June, by 2006 the company will be increasing its capacity by 73 percent --
and its fleet to a total of 15 ships -- with the introduction of five new
85,000-ton, 1,848-passenger Vista Class ships.
Eastman
Kodak Health Imaging (www.kodak.com/global/en/health),
is a Rochester, N.Y. based company. The
Health Imaging Group of Eastman Kodak Company provides industry-leading products
for the capture, processing, viewing, printing and storing of images for
diagnostic and non-diagnostic applications
Ship-Rad
Services is a Canadian medical imaging company specializing in cruise ship X-ray
installations and technical support. Ship-Rad is the exclusive authorized
distributor of Carpe eDatum products for the cruise line industry.
Vamstec
(www.vams.com ) is a Zagreb, Croatia based
company that develops and markets clinical imaging software. Vamstec
applications have been FDA cleared for marketing in the U.S., carry the CE mark
and are exclusively distributed by Carpe eDatum in the U.S.