Kodak equipment enables remote consultation for Olympic athletes

New Delhi:
19 August 2004

With state-of-the-art digital medical imaging and information equipment from Eastman Kodak Company, send digital images and reports of injured athletes can be sent by a click of a mouse to medical specialists at the Attiko University Hospital in Athens.

The technology includes a Kodak ''picture archiving and communications system'' (PACS) and a Kodak ''radiology information system'' (RIS) at the polyclinic, which enables the transmission of medical images. It also includes a Kodak PACS / RIS workstation, which will enable physicians to diagnose from the medical images and reports transmitted by the Polyclinic.

"Because our systems allow images to be sent electronically to remote specialists, an injured athlete does not have to travel across town for diagnostic imaging services." said Dan Kerpelman, president of Kodak''s ''health imaging group'' and a senior vice president of Eastman Kodak Company.

Kodak, a worldwide sponsor of the Olympic games, has equipped the Polyclinic in Athens with systems that capture x-ray images digitally in seconds.

The polyclinic is expected to perform medical imaging studies for up to 140 patients day and to complete more than 2,000 imaging exams over the course of the games. After the games, Kodak digital imaging equipment will continue to provide world-class medical imaging services for the citizens of Athens. "What is unique about the Athens games is that the Olympic village polyclinic will remain after the games have concluded," Kerpelman said. "Most of the advanced Kodak medical and dental imaging equipment will be purchased and consolidated into the polyclinic as a lasting legacy from the games."

Kodak''s ''health imaging group'' is a world leader in developing, manufacturing and marketing intelligent imaging products from analog to digital and in providing innovative medical-imaging services, including those to assist customers with interoperability and other needs. The group, with 2003 revenues of $2.43 billion, has served the global healthcare community for more than 100 years.