What is IMPAX for Radiology?

IMPAX for Radiology is a software application intended for use by, or on the order of, radiologists to review and analyze a variety of medical images and other evidence documents to record their findings. Options, when included, are additionally intended to allow orthopaedic surgery planning and quality control of medical images. Using a Radiologist license gives access to all features of IMPAX for Radiology.

The user of this device must at all times observe the rules of good clinical practice and carefully interpret the information computed by and/or displayed on this device and corroborate it with other clinical and technical patient data.

For a more detailed list of the supported SOP classes (modality image types); see the IMPAX 6.5 DICOM Addendum IMPAX and IMPAX solution document (PDF).

Fundamental IMPAX features and tools—such as viewing worklists, displaying reports, basic transformation of study images, and creating markups—are available under all licenses. Most, including the Radiologist license, also include exporting features such as adding key images, CD burning, and DICOM printing. The Radiologist license also includes support for:

• Creating and using hanging protocols

• Automation via wizards and scripts

Other IMPAX features can optionally be made available under the Radiologist license as required. These include:

• Integrated TalkStation dictation

• 3D volumetric rendering

• Orthopaedic surgery planning

• Quality control of study data

• Creation and display of teaching files

• Display of CAD objects

The Comparative Review feature and the Configure area are not available under a Radiologist license.