MAM Medical CD-R
MAM-A Medical CD-R has been trusted in the medical field for years. The inherent stability of MAM's patented Phthalocyanine dye means that MAM-A Medical discs last longer than conventional CD-R media. Our Medical discs are FDA Certified and PACS compatible.
Accelerated aging studies project longevity of our gold CD-R of more than 100 years, far in excess of any legally mandated archive period. This dye formulation also provides excellent performance at the high recording speeds used in medical applications. MAM Medical discs are certified for use in all high speed CD recorders.
Some filmless imaging suites utilize a CD recorder which requires the discs to be placed in a caddy. To support these users, MAM Medical discs are available in a durable, one-piece caddy which has been tested and approved by all the major CD recorder manufacturers. The MAM Medical caddy is robustly constructed of high quality materials to protect the writeable surface of the discs.
All the manufacturing and packaging of MAM Medical discs is done under cleanroom conditions. Every single disc undergoes a 100% inspection before it can be shipped. MAM has rejected random sampling techniques as simply not stringent enough for medical applications. This is our guarantee to the user that each MAM Medical disc is the finest engineer media available.
The DICOM (Digital Information and Communications in Medicine) Standard is a set of rules that allow medical images and associated information to be exchanged between imaging equipment, computers and hospitals. The standard establishes a common language that permits medical data produced on one vendor's machine to be available for use on the digital system of another vendor. The DICOM Standard evolved through meetings between medical imaging companies (represented through the National Electrical Manufacturers Association) and representatives from major medical societies including the American College of Cardiology, American College of Echocardiography, European Society of Cardiology, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.
Why Switch from Film to CD-R or DVD-R?
In the current hospital environment, there must be compelling economic and clinical motivations for investing in new technology. Digital archive and exchange of clinical data on CD-R and DVD offers significant advantages:
ECONOMIC ADVANTAGES
* Reduce procedure costs
* Increase throughput & productivity
* Consolidate of computing resources
* Reduce of staffing & storage requirements
* Eliminate expensive and toxic chemicals
CLINICAL ADVANTAGES
* Digital enhancement & annotation
* Increased access to patient study
* Archive and exchange media are the same
* No generational loss with duplication
* Easy softcopy/hardcopy transmittal
Additional Information
The DICOM Standard
CD-R and the DICOM standard
Why switch from cine film to CD-R archiving?
How are CD-R discs different from CD-ROM discs?
Does it matter what dye is used to make the CD-R?
Advantages of the MAM Gold CD-R
Image compression and the DICOM standard
CD-R as an archival and exchange media
Free Dicom viewer for download (External Link)
Other Dicom Information Sources (External Link)