Context Management and Tag Morphing in the Real World
A debate is currently raging in the medical imaging and DICOM connectivity worlds. This debate has been brought about by the recent interest in Vendor Neutral Archive products. The debate is over the need for what is referred to as “tag morphing” functionality when specifying an image archive. “Tag morphing” is the ability to retrieve an image or study from the archive in a fashion such that one or more of the DICOM elements (metadata fields) are created, deleted or manipulated to provide new value(s) for the DICOM element(s) so as to make the retrieving DICOM equipment function properly.
The History of “Tag Morphing”
The concept of “tag morphing” is more than 25 years old. It predates the existence of the DICOM standard. In the early days of digital medical imaging, it was not uncommon to want to acquire image data from modalities of different manufacturers and provide some useful processing capability for that data. Common early external applications included multi-planar reconstruction, radiation therapy planning, dental implant planning, etc.
In each application case, it was required that the image and demographic data be acquired in the modality’s native image format and converted to some “common format” for input to the processing application. Each vendor of add-on-equipment had their own “common format” for use by their application.
Contex XD2490 Scanner Receives Cadalyst Magazine's Prestigious "A" Grade,"Highly Recommended" Stamp of Approval
Herndon, V.A.--August 19, 2010--Contex, the world-leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, received a celebrated recommendation from Cadalyst magazine for its XD2490 wide format scanner. The magazine gave the XD2490 an "A" grade, bestowing its "Highly Recommended" stamp of approval. According to Cadalyst Labs reviewer Ron LaFon, the sheet-fed scanner is a high-quality choice for technical users who work with D-size documents. He adds, "This scanner is well-designed and engineered, speedy, and loaded with good software - one element that can make or break a scanner."
"It's an honor to receive these accolades from Cadalyst for the XD2490. Our easy-to-use scanner enables office users to improve collaboration and archive accurate images of technical and graphic documents," comments Phil Magenheim, President of Contex Americas. "Such continuous positive recognition of Contex scanners clearly indicates that our successful R&D team responds to customers' evolving needs."
Cadalyst reviewer LaFon set up and tested the XD2490 with two different sets of originals: two standard 22" x 27" topographic maps and two 13" x 18" color AutoCAD plots. He reported that topographic maps averaged 22.29 seconds to complete, including paper loading and ejecting, and the scans of the AutoCAD plots averaged 17 seconds, also including paper loading and ejecting. "All scanning operations went smoothly, and the speed was quite good," notes LaFon.
Contex Americas Offers Free GIS Workshops for Wide Format Scanning at Upcoming ESRI User Conference
Herndon, VA--June 24, 2010-- Contex, the world's leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces a series of free workshops for map production and conversion to be held daily at Contex's booth #513 at the upcoming ESRI User Conference in San Diego, CA, July 12-16. The workshops will teach attendees how to digitally convert maps to SHP files and to print in large format. They will also provide valuable tips for document management and show how to simplify map and facility drawing conversions. Because seating is limited, prospective participants should register in advance at www.contex.com/esri2010 or contact Contex at 877-226-6839 with questions.
As an added bonus to workshop attendees, Contex is offering extraordinary rebates for its scanner packages. Rebate amounts vary depending on scanner and software package purchased and are available until September 30, 2010.
"Contex is helping ESRI users gain the most from their GIS systems using wide-format scanning. The workshops will provide valuable knowledge and will show users how to leverage documents for use with GIS projects," comments Edward Delaney, Federal Sales Director of Contex Americas. "We are also pleased to extend special rebates on our wide format scanners and mapping and conversion software. Considering the difficult budget conditions for many of our local, state, and federal government customers, the savings will help attendees obtain the necessary scanning tools to add data to their GIS system."
At the ESRI user conference, Contex will demonstrate its SD4400 series wide format scanner solutions with 1200 DPI optical resolution, which is important for contour map conversion. HP will also demonstrate the Contex scanner solutions with its HP Designjet T1200ps 44-inch printer at booth #1507.
Contex Americas Unveils XD2490 MFP at AIA Convention 2010
Contex, the world’s leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, announces that its new XD2490 MFP will be shown publicly for the first time at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition 2010, June 10–12, in Miami. Announced in April, the MFP pairs the low-cost XD2490 wide format scanner and easy-to-use Nextimage software with a custom stand. The lightweight XD2490 MFP is ideal for architects and engineers, offering a full series of multi-use functions to scan, copy, and communicate. This space-saving, single-footprint multi-function solution retails for less than $5,200 and can be coupled with most 24-inch printers, such as those from HP and Canon. At the Expo, Contex will demonstrate its new MFP with Canon’s new 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF655 in the Contex booth, #2499.
Herndon, VA June 10, 2010 — Contex, the world’s leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, announces tthat its new XD2490 MFP will be shown publicly for the first time at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention and Design Exposition 2010, June 10–12, in Miami. Announced in April, the MFP pairs the low-cost XD2490 wide format scanner and easy-to-use Nextimage software with a custom stand. The lightweight XD2490 MFP is ideal for architects and engineers, offering a full series of multi-use functions to scan, copy, and communicate. This space-saving, single-footprint multi-function solution retails for less than $5,200 and can be coupled with most 24-inch printers, such as those from HP and Canon. At the Expo, Contex will demonstrate its new MFP with Canon’s new 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF655 in the Contex booth, #2499.
“We decided to officially unveil our XD2490MFP solution at this year’s AIA show because this is the perfect solution for an architect’s office. The XD2490 24-inch scanner creates high-quality scans of drawings, sketches, renderings, and markups, which are all commonly used and shared daily within an architectural firm,” comments Phil Magenheim, President and COO for Contex Americas, Inc. “When the XD2490MFP is coupled with a wide format inkjet printer, an architect has the added value of being easily able to make copies of those same documents. This is the most cost-effective way for an architect to make professional scans and prints—color or black-and-white—of wide format drawings in his or her own office.”
Contex’s New 24” Multi-Function Solution
Alleroed, Denmark, April 15, 2010 -- Contex, the world-leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, introduces their new low-cost 24” Multi-Function Solution – the XD2490 MFP. This low cost scan, copy and communication device has at its heart the successful XD2490 scanner. The XD2490 scanner revolutionized the technical and CAD market, as well as construction, government and GIS markets, last fall with its ground-breaking low price. Pairing the low cost XD2490 with the UL-approved high stand and the easy to use, yet powerful Nextimage software enables it to be coupled with any 24” printer and integrated into a space-saving single-footprint Multi-Function solution.
“The XD2490 MFP is perfect for small offices where a traditional wide format copy solution is too costly or too large,” says Niels Appel, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing. “With the success Contex has had with our low cost 24” scanner, we knew it would be very attractive to our customers to use the XD2490 Multi-Function solution to turn office printers into office copiers. This is the first time that small businesses have been able to get wide format copying capability in-house for such a very low price point.”
“The price of the scanner was much less than we expected it to be," says Dr. Markus Lupp, Advisor for GIS to the Provincial Forestry Service in West-Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). "We are most impressed with the scanning speed and the scanner's stability and quality."
The XD2490 MFP includes Nextimage TOUCH software for walk-up ease of use. With Nextimage TOUCH, users can scan-to-file, scan-to-email, copy, edit files and print directly from the touch-screen interface. It supports scanning and copying in color, grayscale and black/white and is compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. The XD2490 MFP with Nextimage TOUCH software is recommended for all types of technical drawings, line drawings and office graphics. It will Plug ‘n’ Play with a customer’s existing printer and it supports all major printer brands, such as HP, Canon, Epson and Xerox.
ARMA 2008 – Information Management
From BERTL
Whether you call it records management, document management or information management, it comes down to the capture, storage and retrieval of your data. The amount of data generated by organizations today is phenomenal and is rapidly increasing. The latest measurement of data is in petabytes (1 million gigabytes)! So we forward emails, share documents, and store forms all at a blink of an eye and without a second thought of space. And most times there are a multitude of copies and versions of any one of these documents floating around on desktops and servers.
Contex Acquires Scanner Distribution Division of US Distributor IDEAL
ALLEROED, Denmark — July 2, 2008 — Contex A/S today announced that it has acquired IDEAL’s Scanner Distribution Division. IDEAL has consistently been Contex’s largest US-based distributor of wide-format scanning and imaging solutions. This move is designed to provide stronger and more direct support to business partners, distributors and dealers in the North and South American market. Additionally, Contex expects the acquisition to expand their market leadership and increase their distribution base in the North and South American market. The acquisition of IDEAL’s Scanner Distribution Division continues Contex’s growth strategy and furthers their commitment to connect more closely with their end-customers and distribution partners.
