Cuatroochenta has applied a new technology for the transmission and online viewing of radiological images that for the first time allows the preservation of all the necessary medical information when teleradiology is used in health centers. The company from the Scientific, Technological and Business Park of the Universitat Jaume I, Espaitec, has carried out this development for 3Dicom Viewer, one of the latest systems marketed by 3Dicom, a firm located in Almassora (Castellón) dedicated to the implementation and support of open source for the world of medicine.

The radiological image viewer developed by Cuatroochenta works on any web browser and optimizes the download of images with the minimum necessary information, using the tessellation technique (mosaic image formation) and different zoom levels, already used in viewers of current online maps such as Google Maps. A tailored development that offers 3Dicom customers an important advance in teleradiology.

In fact, the 3Dicom Viewer has filled a technological gap for viewing DICOM (“Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine”) medical images over the web. Until now, DICOM medical image viewers had been developed by accessing the images and transmitting them complete in standard formats (JPG, JPG2000...), usually compressed, with the consequent problems: loss of image quality (pixelation in the zoom), impossibility access to DICOM information, slow sending... However, 3Dicom Viewer achieves 100% DICOM image quality, without loss of information, transferring the maximum resolution that was originally achieved in the radiological capture.

Thus, this new technology allows for faster reception of images via the Internet and also the use of tools such as zoom, linear and angle measurement, densities, synchronized viewing of images, printing... 3Dicom Viewer also has an integration total with the Dcm4chee PACS system (“Picture Archiving and Communication System”), one of the most robust and reliable currently in the healthcare sector.

A tool that is already being used by 3Dicom reference collaborating centers, such as the CEMTRO Clinic in Madrid, the Faculty of Dentistry of Valencia, the Levante Recovery and Rehabilitation Center, the Castellón Provincial Hospital Consortium, Unión de Mutuas, the Almería Medical Technology Center or different clinics in the country.

Aside from this project, Cuatroochenta will soon begin a specific line of development for the field of teaching, in which the technology used for 3Dicom Viewer will serve to superimpose layers of information customized by the user with the aim of adding specific functions.