SBIR and STTR Success Story for Vivalog Technologies (Information Posted/Updated on 10/03/2004)

Vivalog Technologies 6729 46th ave SW Seattle, WA  98136 Contact:    Rex Jakobovits, PhD Phone:      206-933-1240 E-mail:      rex@vivalog.com Web Site:  http://www.mypacs.net

Project Title:  An Application Server for Biomedical Content Management

Related Award(s):  R44 MH61277

Technology Developed: We developed the Wirm Application Server and the Vivalog Knowledge Management Framework, a platform for building web-based multimedia clinical applications. We used this technology to develop MyPACS.net, a system for collaborative authoring of case-based medical image repositories.

Key Words:  content management, radiology teaching files, medical image repository, PACS, enterprise software.

Uses of Technology/Products/Service: MyPACS.net is being used by thousands of radiologists at over 400 institutions to create a growing repository of teaching file cases. Currently, over 5000 cases have been submitted containing 20,000 images. We also offer a premium enterprise version, which hospitals purchase and deploy behind their firewall, enabling radiologists, pathologists, and other image workers to easily create, search, and manage cases. The system supports role-based policies for importing images from medical systems such as PACS, editing, certifying, and publishing cases.

Benefit to Company: The SBIR program has lead to the development of a commercially successful software product, the MyPACS Enterprise System. Sales of the product have doubled every year for the past three years, and it has been purchased by a growing number of institutions, including the Mayo Foundation, the University of Washington, Boston Childrens Hospital, the University of Texas, and Cincinnati Childrens Hospital. Prices range from $20,000 to $100,000.