eFilm Workstation 3.0 - Important Information
 

What's New: Gold and Platinum Versions

  • Gold feature set is similar to previous eFilm Workstation™ version with some important enhancements
  • Platinum feature set has unique additions including Cardiothoracic Ratio (CTR) and Visualization Services
  • Platinum Visualization Services include Hanging Protocols, Key Images and Roaming Profiles
  • Visualization Services now available as Server based or Standalone
  • Platinum - Hanging Protocol Builder now provides support for Priors
  • Platinum - Key Image feature now provides support for Edit/Delete

Loading Performance

  • Support provided for Auto Reading of local DB at eFilm Startup
  • Improve responsiveness of image read-in through configurable preloading of images

Image Review Enhancements

  • Improved handling of Multi-frame Images – now more configurable
  • Thumbnail Panel can now be “floating” or “docked” to any side
  • WYSIWYG DICOM Printing fully enabled
  • Spine labeling: Add pre-defined annotations
  • Preserve presentation state of a series when another series is loaded into the series window

SQL Express

  • New database engine replaces Access database
  • It will be SQL Express-based instead of Access
  • Inherently larger and more stable than Access
  • SQL Express has a limit of 4GB - Access had 1GB (pixel data is not included in this calculation.)
  • Upgrade includes migration as an option at install time and is fully automatic.

Overlay Enhancements

  • Customized handling Mammo Markers on Overlay
  • Capability to edit position of annotations and modify font size on display
  • You can customize displayed overlay information
  • Font management on Display and Print
  • Font size of annotations on printed films

Media Burning Enhancements

  • You can now write to CD or DVD
  • Updated media burning toolkit
  • Wider number of supported devices
  • You can include additional non-DICOM files on media

Copy and Paste

  • You can copy and paste images from eFilm to a Windows™ application

VOI LUTs

  • You can toggle through multiple VOI LUT sequences
  • You can toggle through multiple Window Width & Center pairs

Updated DICOM toolkit

  • Additional supported transfer syntaxes
  • DICOM timeout configuration enhancement “Remove timeout from C-MOVE”
  • More tolerance for legacy DICOM files written to media with missing “DICM” – normally required in start of imported files.

eFilm Lite Enhancements

  • Toolbars Streamlined (non-used items removed)
  • Standard toolbar includes Prev/Next Series and Image
  • Minimal toolbar is default upon startup of eFilm Lite

Miscellaneous

  • Help About Dialog Changes
  • Improved robustness of Installs and Upgrades
  • Expanded use of Satellite DLLs (Internationalization support)
  • Site and User Control over User Profile
2.1.2 (Previous)
Database
Access (1GB)
SQL Express (4GB)
SQL Express (4GB)
Hanging Protocols (HP)
-
-
Yes
HP Builder w/relevant priors
-
-
Yes
Key Images
-
-
Yes
Edit/Delete Support for Key Images
-
-
Yes
Cardiac Thoracic Ratio (CTR)
-
-
Yes
CD/DVD Burning
CD Only
Yes
Yes
Include additional non-DICOM files on CD/DVD
-
Yes
Yes
Customized Handling of Markers on Mammo Overlay*
-
Yes
Yes
Modify position and font size of annotations
-
Yes
Yes
Font Management on Display and Print
-
Yes
Yes
Configurable handling of Multi-frame images
-
Yes
Yes
Floating or docked thumbnail panel
Floating only
Yes
Yes
MS Windows Copy and Paste
-
Yes
Yes
Plus many more enhancements and support requests for eFilm and eFilm Lite.
 
* eFilm Workstation is NOT FDA approved for Mammo Reading and Diagnosis - See Merge Mammo

eFilm Workstation Pricing: Special Pricing through June 30, 2008

Version
Annual License
Unlimited Time License
Unlimited Time License
(Unit cost for 2 or more)
eFilm 3.0 GOLD
$950
$3,100, $2,500
$2,300 ea.
eFilm 3.0 PLATINUM
$1,350, $1150
$4,450, $3,000
$2.900 ea.