Visbion Image Cube CT Enhancement Project

冠状病毒危机强调了提供综合和灵活的医疗保健服务的必要性。NHS是一个非常一体化的组织，在正常情况下，它为国家提供优质的医疗保健。然而，在目前的情况下，需要更灵活地为具体需要部署资源。一个例子是在全国几个地点创建了南丁格尔医院。然而，现代医疗实践在很大程度上依赖于医学成像技术(如CT和MRI)的使用来实现有效的诊断。在冠状病毒危机之前，引入了装有不同类型扫描仪(例如西门子和飞利浦的扫描仪)的移动成像拖车，以满足对额外成像能力的要求。这种移动设施的使用对医院信托公司具有显著的经济和实用优势，使他们能够在需要时保护成像(不需要大量财务投资)。在目前的情况下，成像能力严重紧张，再次使用更多的成像拖车解决了这一问题。因此，例如，南丁格尔医院使用流动拖车提供CT。CT图像很重要，因为它们为重症监护环境下检测新冠肺炎引起的肺炎提供了独特的诊断工具。南丁格尔医院就是需要灵活性的一个很好的例子。虽然可以在该南丁格尔医院内获取图像和数据，但需要将图像和数据传输到现有医院进行存储和查看(例如，在伦敦的南丁格尔医院和圣巴塞洛缪医院的情况下)。使用移动扫描仪获取的图像和其他数据通常需要传输到DVD上，以便传输到医院，存在出错的风险和转移感染的可能性。转移过程也完全依赖于重大的人为干预。拟议项目中的Visbion解决方案通过使用该公司独特的Image Cube技术克服了所有这些问题。这允许使用军用规范加密在商业电信网络上自动传输图像和数据。一旦数据到达永久医院，Visbion的技术就会解密图像/数据，并自动将它们存储在医院的信息系统中。该项目的第二个方面是让远程(例如在家)工作的放射科医生能够使用Visbion基于网络的PACS快速读取和报告NHS内多个地点的图像，从而提供快速、专业的诊断。

The coronavirus crisis has emphasised the need for integrated and flexible healthcare provision. The NHS is an extremely well-integrated organisation, which under normal circumstances, provides excellent healthcare to the nation. However, in the current circumstances there is a need for greater flexibility in the deployment of resources for specific needs. An example is the creation of the Nightingale Hospitals at several locations throughout the country. However, modern healthcare practice relies heavily on the use of medical imaging techniques (e.g. CT and MRI) to achieve effective diagnosis. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the requirement for additional imaging capability has been met by the introduction of mobile imaging trailers that contain different types of scanners (e.g. from Siemens and Philips). This use of mobile facilities has significant economic and practical advantages for Hospital Trusts, allowing them to secure imaging as and when needed (without the need for significant financial investment). In the current circumstances, imaging capability is severely stretched and, again, this has been addressed using more imaging trailers. So, for example, the Nightingale Hospitals use mobile trailers for their CT provision. CT images are important because they provide a unique diagnostic facility for the detection of COVID-19 caused pneumonias in the context of intensive care. The Nightingale Hospitals are a good example of the need for flexibility. Although images and data can be acquired within that Nightingale Hospital, the images and data need to be transmitted for storage and viewing at an established hospital (e.g. in the case of the Nightingale Hospital in London's ExCel to St Bartholomew's Hospital).The image and other data acquired using mobile scanners normally needs to be transferred onto DVDs for transportation to the hospital, with the risk of errors and possibility of transferring the infection. The transfer process is also completely reliant on significant human intervention. The Visbion solution in the proposed project overcomes all these problems by using the company's unique Image Cube technology. This allows images and data to be automatically transferred across a commercial telecommunications network using military specification encryption. Once the data has arrived at the permanent hospital, Visbion's technology decrypts the images/data and automatically stores them in the hospital's information system. The second aspect of the project is the ability for radiologists working remotely (e.g. from home) to rapidly read and report on images from multiple locations within the NHS using Visbion's web-based PACS -- thus providing rapid, expert diagnosis.