Medical imaging helping Olympians regain peak condition
Medical imaging helping Olympians regain peak condition
Technology has changed almost every aspect of athletic training but even more dramatic are changes in medical technology to treat athletes during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
With state-of-the-art digital medical imaging and information equipment from Kodak, images of injured athletes can be sent by a click of a mouse to medical specialists in remote locations because Kodak's technology will enable radiologists at the Polyclinic in the Olympic Village to send digital images and reports to specialists at the Attiko University Hospital in Athens.
The technology includes a Kodak picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and a Kodak radiology information system (RIS) at the Polyclinic, which enables the transmission of medical images. It also includes a PACS/RIS workstation, which will enable physicians to diagnose from the medical images and reports transmitted by the Polyclinic.
"Because our systems allow images to be sent electronically to remote specialists, an injured athlete does not have to travel across town for diagnostic imaging services." said Dan Kerpelman, president of Kodak's Health Imaging Group and a senior vice president of Kodak.
Kodak, a Worldwide Sponsor of the Olympic Games, has equipped the Polyclinic in Athens with systems that capture x-ray images digitally in seconds.
The Polyclinic is expected to perform medical imaging studies for up to 140 patients a day and to complete more than 2,000 imaging exams over the course of the Games. After the Games, Kodak digital imaging equipment will continue to provide medical imaging services for the citizens of Athens. "What is unique about the Athens Games is that the Olympic Village Polyclinic will remain after the Games have concluded," Kerpelman said. "Most of the advanced Kodak medical and dental imaging equipment will be purchased and consolidated into the Polyclinic as a lasting legacy from the Games."
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