Sending X-rays to a radiologist The patient on the unit’s worklist,
the images with the radiologist.
Sending X-rays to a radiologist starts with the request: the patient goes onto the worklist on the imaging unit, the images come back to the visit, and the vet sends the finished study to a radiologist or a PACS. The VetiCloud Bridge program installed at the clinic handles this in between.
- DICOMthe standard Bridge uses to talk to the imaging unit and the recipient’s system
- No retypingthe patient’s name and details go to the unit straight from the visit record
- X-ray, ultrasound and CTthe same route for any DICOM-compatible unit
At the X-ray unit the patient’s details are usually typed in a second time: name, species and date of birth, copied from the record on a second monitor. One typo in the name is enough for the image to end up in the wrong folder. When a radiologist’s report is needed, someone exports the files, zips them and sends them through a large file transfer service, and afterwards nobody remembers whether all the views went and at what quality.
In VetiCloud the vet sends the patient for imaging from the visit record, and the person taking the images picks them from the worklist in the imaging unit’s software. The images come back to the same visit. The vet sends the finished study from the viewer to a radiologist or to another clinic’s PACS, in original DICOM quality. Everything goes through VetiCloud Bridge, a program on a computer at the clinic.
How it works
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A request from the visit record
The vet chooses the unit, enters what to do, for example a thoracic X-ray in LL and VD views, and marks the urgency. At the unit you see this description next to the patient’s name, which no longer has to be typed in.
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Images come back to the visit
Images go to the visit from which the patient was sent for imaging, without matching by name. An image that cannot be assigned with confidence does not go to a random record but waits to be checked.
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The original study to the radiologist
The owner adds recipients once, that is a radiologist, a teleradiology centre or another clinic’s PACS, and tests the connection with them. The vet chooses the recipient in the study viewer and sees how many images have arrived.
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Resilient to connection drops
A break in the internet connection does not lose images, which go into the record once the connection is back. Nothing has to be opened on the clinic router, and VetiCloud Bridge updates itself.
A dyspnoeic cat and an X-ray that raises questions
In the evening a cat with dyspnoea comes in. From the visit record the vet sends it for a thoracic X-ray and marks the request as urgent. The nurse picks the patient from the worklist on the unit, takes two views, and the images appear in the visit. The image does not settle whether it is pulmonary oedema or inflammatory changes, so the vet sends the study from the viewer to the radiologist the clinic works with. The window shows “2 of 2 images”, and meanwhile the vet gives oxygen and places a cannula.
Questions and answers
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How do I send an X-ray to a radiologist?
In the study viewer you choose “Send to radiologist / PACS” and the recipient from the clinic’s list. VetiCloud Bridge sends the study from the clinic computer, in original quality, and the window can be closed, because sending continues in the background.
Can my X-ray unit be connected to VetiCloud?
What matters is the software used to take the images, not the X-ray tube itself. It must support the DICOM worklist and sending images in that standard. The same route works for an ultrasound unit and a CT scanner.
What is VetiCloud Bridge?
It is a program for a Windows computer next to the imaging unit, connected to the clinic account. It keeps the worklist for the unit, receives images and sends studies to recipients.
Does the connection require changes to the clinic network?
No. Bridge connects to VetiCloud by itself, so nothing has to be forwarded on the router. The study recipient can be on the clinic network or on the internet.
What happens if the internet goes down?
Images are not lost and go into the record once the connection is back, and a requested send to the radiologist goes out by itself.
See it with examples from your clinic.
In the demo we will show you this feature on your own scenarios and answer your team’s questions.
The plan depends on the number of people in your team, and the essentials of clinic work are in every plan. How much veterinary software costs