Mircea Popa

Expert on innovation in healthcare, use of cloud, AI in medicine, with over 15 years experience. Serial entrepreneur, co-founder of Medicai. Previously founded SkinVision.

DICOM Viewer Medical Imaging Technology DICOM Viewer for Windows: Free Options for Windows 10 and 11 Compared Free, browser-based, or paid? We compare six DICOM viewers for Windows 10 and 11 by license, download, and features, with steps for opening a CD and fixes for common problems. By Mircea Popa Oct 16, 2026

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Structured Reporting How to Read a Radiology Report: What the Impression and Common Terms Mean Got your MRI or CT report before talking to your doctor? This guide walks through each section of a radiology report, explains the impression and common terms like unremarkable and incidental, and lists questions to ask. By Mircea Popa Oct 13, 2026

Interviews and Expert Opinions AI in Medical Imaging: Why Workflow Automation Matters When people talk about AI in medical imaging, the conversation usually goes straight to diagnosis. Can AI detect a tumor? Can it find an abnormality on a CT scan? Can it interpret an MRI? Those are important questions, but I... By Mircea Popa Oct 8, 2026

Patient Experience and Retention Medical Imaging Technology How Long Does It Take to Get MRI Results? How long do MRI results take? We explain who reads your scan, typical timelines for routine and emergency MRIs, why some results reach your patient portal first, CT scan results, and how to get your images. By Mircea Popa Oct 5, 2026

DICOM Viewer Medical Imaging Technology How to View an MRI CD at Home: Windows, Mac, No Disc Drive, and Online You had an MRI, and the imaging center handed you a CD. You put it in your DVD player or laptop, and nothing happens. That is normal. MRI discs are not video discs; they require specific software to open. The... By Mircea Popa Oct 1, 2026

Medical Imaging Technology AI in Healthcare Cloud PACS DICOM Viewer Best Radiology Software in 2026: A Category-by-Category Guide “Radiology software” is not one product. It is a stack of specialized tools that, together, move a medical image from the scanner to a signed report and then to the referring clinician. When people search for the best radiology software,... By Mircea Popa Sep 24, 2026

Structured Reporting What Are RADS? BI-RADS, TI-RADS, PI-RADS Explained Reporting and Data Systems (RADS) are standardized frameworks, created by the American College of Radiology (ACR), that give radiologists a consistent way to describe imaging findings, assign a risk category, and recommend the next management step for a specific organ... By Mircea Popa Aug 22, 2026

DICOM Viewer Cloud PACS DICOM Viewer for Mac: Free and Paid Options Compared You have a CD or a download link from your imaging center; you double-click a file on your Mac, and nothing useful happens. Preview shows an error or a blank icon, and Photos will not import it. That is normal.... By Mircea Popa Jul 20, 2026

Data Security and Interoperability Healthcare Trends and Innovations HL7 Message Types in Radiology: A Reference for PACS Administrators and IT Leaders HL7 message types are the standardized message formats defined by Health Level Seven International for exchanging clinical and administrative data between healthcare information systems. In radiology, six HL7 V2 message types carry the operational workflow between the EHR, HIS, RIS,... By Mircea Popa Jul 15, 2026

Medical Imaging Technology AI in Healthcare Cloud PACS Orthopedic Imaging: Modalities, Clinical Uses, and In-Office Workflow Orthopedic imaging is the use of medical imaging to diagnose bone, joint, and soft-tissue conditions, plan orthopedic surgery, and assess how patients heal afterward. Five modalities do most of the work: X-ray, MRI, CT, musculoskeletal ultrasound, and DEXA. Fluoroscopy and... By Mircea Popa Jun 29, 2026

Medical Imaging Technology AI in Healthcare AI in Mammography: How It Works, FDA-Cleared Tools, and What Imaging Centers Need to Deploy It Artificial intelligence in mammography is the application of machine learning algorithms, primarily deep neural networks trained on large annotated mammographic image datasets, to assist with detecting breast cancer, assessing breast cancer risk, quantifying breast density, triaging screening worklists, and structuring... By Mircea Popa Jun 23, 2026

Cloud PACS Ophthalmology PACS: Cloud Imaging Software for OCT, Fundus, and Retinal Workflows Ophthalmology PACS is the imaging IT platform that captures, stores, retrieves, and shares the diagnostic images ophthalmology practices generate — optical coherence tomography (OCT) volumes, fundus photographs, slit lamp images, anterior segment photography, and retinal angiography. The software replaces the... By Mircea Popa Jun 22, 2026

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Data Security and Interoperability USCDI Explained: Data Classes, v3, and FHIR USCDI (the United States Core Data for Interoperability) is a standardized set of health data classes and data elements that certified health IT systems in the US must be able to exchange. Where standards like HL7 and FHIR define how... By Andrei Blaj Aug 5, 2026

Teleradiology and Telemedicine Teleradiology Services: Cost, Workflow, and What to Look for in a Provider Teleradiology services are remote radiological interpretation offerings provided by radiology groups, hospital networks, and dedicated teleradiology companies to healthcare facilities that lack on-site radiologist coverage during specific hours, in specific subspecialties, or at specific volumes. The service includes the radiologist’s... By Andrei Blaj May 13, 2026

Cloud PACS Healthcare Economics and Costs How Much Does Cloud PACS Cost? A Total Cost of Ownership Framework for Radiology Practices Most PACS pricing conversations start and end in the wrong place. A vendor quotes a monthly subscription fee. A competitor quotes a lower one. The practice administrator compares the two numbers and calls it a cost comparison. What that comparison... By Andrei Blaj May 4, 2026

What Is HL7? Standards, Versions, Use Cases, and Healthcare Interoperability (2026 Guide)

Cloud PACS Data Security and Interoperability DICOM Viewer What Is HL7? Standards, Versions, Use Cases, and Healthcare Interoperability (2026 Guide) HL7 (Health Level Seven) is a family of healthcare data standards that defines how clinical systems exchange patient information, orders, results, and clinical documents. The Health Level Seven International standards organization, ANSI-accredited and founded in 1987, maintains four distinct standard... By Andrei Blaj Mar 16, 2026

Cloud PACS Data Security and Interoperability DICOM Viewer DICOM Modality Worklist (MWL): How It Works, Why It Fails, and What Happens When It Does DICOM Modality Worklist is a DICOM service that allows an imaging device — a CT scanner, MRI machine, X-ray unit, or any DICOM-compliant modality — to query a server (typically the RIS) for the list of scheduled examinations it is... By Alexandru Artimon Mar 9, 2026

Hospital Information System (HIS): Why It Is the Centre of Every PACS Workflow

Medical Imaging Technology Cloud PACS Data Security and Interoperability Hospital Information System (HIS): Why It Is the Centre of Every PACS Workflow Every radiology order that reaches your PACS starts in your Hospital Information System. Every patient identity mismatch that breaks your PACS workflow traces back to a data problem in your HIS. Understanding HIS is not optional knowledge for imaging informatics... By Andrei Blaj Mar 3, 2026

Cloud PACS Healthcare Trends and Innovations The Economics of Speed: How Server-Side Rendering Reduces TAT and Boosts Revenue In the business of radiology, Time is Inventory. Every minute a radiologist spends waiting for a scan to load, toggling between windows, or struggling with a slow VPN connection is a minute of lost inventory. It is billable time that... By Andrei Blaj Jan 19, 2026

Cloud PACS AI in Healthcare Data Security and Interoperability AI Orchestration in PACS: Moving Beyond "Buzzwords" to Real Workflow AI orchestration in PACS is the workflow control layer that triggers inference, applies routing rules, selects models, and delivers AI results back into PACS worklists and reporting in a way clinicians actually use. This guide explains AI orchestration in PACS,... By Alexandru Artimon Jan 14, 2026

The Unified Worklist: How to Connect Disparate PACS Without Replacing Them

Cloud PACS Healthcare Policy and Equity Healthcare Trends and Innovations The Unified Worklist: How to Connect Disparate PACS Without Replacing Them If you walk into the reading room of a typical private radiology practice or a large hospital network today, you will see a chaotic scene. You will see a radiologist sitting at four monitors, using three keyboards, logging into five... By Andrei Blaj Jan 12, 2026

Healthcare Trends and Innovations Cloud PACS DICOM Viewer Cloud-Native vs. Cloud-Enabled PACS: Why the Difference Matters for 2026 In the 2026 healthcare market, you will struggle to find a PACS vendor that doesn’t use the word “Cloud” in their pitch deck. For a CIO or Radiology IT Director, this ubiquity creates a dangerous illusion. It suggests that all... By Andrei Blaj Jan 7, 2026

Cloud PACS DICOM Viewer Healthcare Trends and Innovations PMS Imaging vs. Dedicated PACS: Why Your Practice Management Software Isn't Enough In the dental industry, there is a concept called the “All-in-One Illusion.” When you buy a Practice Management System (PMS) like Dentrix, Eaglesoft, or Open Dental, it usually comes with a built-in imaging module. It’s convenient. It’s included in the... By Andrei Blaj Dec 29, 2025

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Cloud PACS Healthcare Trends and Innovations Taming the CBCT Beast: Cloud Strategies for Implantology and Orthodontics For the modern Oral Surgeon or Orthodontist, the CBCT (Cone Beam Computed Tomography) scan is the gold standard of diagnosis. It offers a window into anatomy that 2D X-rays simply cannot provide. But it also comes with a heavy price tag—and I... By Alexandru Artimon Dec 24, 2025

Cloud PACS Data Security and Interoperability Healthcare Trends and Innovations Hybrid PACS Architecture: The Technical Guide for Radiology IT For the past decade, the debate in radiology IT has been binary: Cloud vs. On-Premise. The Cloud camp promises infinite scalability, disaster recovery, and zero hardware maintenance. The On-Premise camp argues for speed, control, and reliability that doesn’t depend on... By Andrei Blaj Nov 5, 2025

Healthcare Trends and Innovations Cloud PACS DICOM Viewer PACS Migration: Types, Phases, and the Complete Lifecycle What It Is, Four Migration Types, DICOM Data Integrity, and How It Connects HIS, RIS, and VNA PACS migration is the process of transferring accumulated DICOM imaging data, patient identity records, study-order relationships, and associated metadata from a legacy Picture... By Andrei Blaj Nov 4, 2025