Designing a customized solution to the problems presented in a particular installation is what we do. Our approach to the problem solving and the modules we have developed has its background in my physics training at MIT. Anyone who has gone through third year advanced physics has heard of the Shrodinger wave equation.
A Shrodinger wave equation is the solution to fit certain boundary conditions. When presented with a potential well with a flat bottom, the student can solve the equation explicitly to solve those boundary conditions. However, if you put a small bump, a little raised area, in the bottom of the well, it is impossible to solve the equation to satisfy those conditions. What does the student do then?
The student breaks the problem into two smaller problems, one with the well with a flat bottom, the the other with only the small bump. The equation can be solved for each of those sets of boundary conditions without problem. The student then adds the two equations together to get a solution for the well with the bump.
If a problem is too big to solve as a whole, break it up into smaller problems and solve them, then put all the solutions together to solve the big problem.
That approach to problem solving is the basis for the development of our modular PACS. We have developed over 15 different modules that can be applied, or applied with some modification, to solve the different parts of any problem, no matter how big. In addition, because each of the modules is small and has specific functions, it is easier to make modifications to them and still have robust products than if the modules were large and complicated.
Some of the modules are going to be larger to begin with because there is a lot of functionality that must be present. Our ViewBox diagnostic workstation is a large, complex module. However, it has in it a basic viewer module for handling, displaying, and manipulating images (internally called DICOM panel) that is a separate module by itself. This DICOM panel is also used in other viewer modules such as ConnectWeb and the CD Browser software burned to a CD along with a study. In this way all our viewer products have the same basic look and feel, and any enhancements in DICOM panel are automatically propagated through all the viewer modules.
The case studies listed below are illustrations of how we apply our problem solving to meet particular user needs. By reading them you can see, by example, just how we approach the user requirements presented and what modules we use and modify to exactly meet those requirements. The examples given below illustrate particularly interesting or complicated problems and our solution presented to solve them. Perhaps they will illustrate how we would use our problem solving approach to meet your specific requirements.
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