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The New MRI Center
In January 2006, Plantation General Hospital opened a new MRI Center conveniently located inside the hospital. Using the latest technology, all MRI exams take place within Plantation General and provide superior safety.

Plantation General Hospital is pleased to announce the acquisition of a GE 1.5 Signa EXCITE high definition magnetic resonance (HDMR) system. This state-of-the art MRI scanner is the world's first 1.5 high definition magnetic resonance unit. It provides faster, high-resolution images with a shorter, more comfortable scan time for patients. The new MRI unit provides optimal diagnostic capabilities for the assessment of the brain, spine, abdomen, prostate, pelvis and vascular regions, along with orthopedic imaging to include elbow, feet, wrist, hip and ankle.

For additional information regarding the MRI Center or any Imaging service, please contact the Imaging Department at (954) 513- 6050.

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4D Ultrasound
Imagine being able to see your baby move before he or she is born? At Plantation General Hospital, you can experience this first hand with a 4D ultrasound. The 4D Ultrasound is the latest in ultrasound technology. It takes three-dimensional still ultrasound images and adds the element of time to the process. The result, live action images of your unborn child. You can actually see your baby moving, sucking their thumb or sticking out their tongue.

A few benefits of 4D Ultrasound are:

• Gauges the progress of the baby's development
• Physicians and sonographers have better detection of issues from vascular anomalies and genetic syndromes in the first trimester
• 4D allows physicians and sonographers to analyze fetal motion and perform exams previously unavailable

For additional information regarding the 4D ultrasound, please call the Ultrasound Department at 954-513-1001.

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e-MAR
Whenever a medication is given to you in the hospital, it is documented on a MAR (Medication Administration Record) that is stored in your medical record. Until now, this has been a manual paper process.

Plantation General Hospital has implemented a computer generated or electronic version of the MAR called eMAR & Bar Coding.
This technology is part of our core pharmacy information system where all aspects about your medication orders are recorded. The critical components of this safety technology are bar coded armbands, bar coded medications and safety checks within the eMAR & Bar Coding software.
Benefits of the technology:

• Reduces medication errors through use of bar code identifiers on the patient armband and medication
• Makes patient care information readily available to nursing staff during medication administration like critical values and comprehensive allergy and drug interaction information
• Provides physicians with a comprehensive list of patient medication use

e-MAR also makes it easier for nurses to manage, document and review patient medication use as well as improving the accuracy of medication handling by helping to prevent errors.

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PACS
Picture Archiving and Communications System, more commonly known as PACS, enables images such as X-rays and scans to be stored electronically and viewed on video screens, so that doctors and other health professionals can access the information and compare it with previous images and even transmit images between facilities at the touch of a button.

For the past 100 years, film has been almost the exclusive medium for capturing, storing, and displaying radiographic images. Film is a relatively fixed medium with usually only one set of images available. PACS technology allows for a near film-less process, with all of the flexibility of digital systems. It also removes all the costs associated with hard film and releases valuable space currently used for storage. Most importantly, however, PACS has the potential to transform patients' experience of the care they receive.

PACS will allow for fewer appointments will be wasted, fewer operations postponed and less re-testing will be required due to more reliable storage and retrieval of images. It will also increase collaboration among the medical team, as the images can be viewed from multiple terminals and locations by a range of clinicians at the same time.

As we all know it Epson is one of the world’s leading firm in consumer products like printers and photocopiers. And rightly so, Epson has now taken the first step in producing a product (not just a concept) much better than the likes of electronic e-book readers that may just possibly replace our daily news reads in the future.

You will see why I say so just from looking at this image…

The fact that the quality of it is so incredibly good, you can barely tell it’s not paper! With a size of 13.4-inch (A4-size), its pixels count is 3104 × 4128 and definition achieves as high as 385ppi.

The researchers, from the University of California, Davis, have developed a system that allows follower robots to use behavioral cues from human leaders and other robots in order to track and follow them. What this means is that robots may soon be able to respond to human emotions appropriately and thus act more naturally even though it’s still not yet possible to implement robots emotions.

These robots would now take in behavioral cues and act accordingly, thanks to mirrors and certain other tracking methods. It seems to have paid off, as the main idea was to reduce the number of instructions a robot might need. Also, compatibility with human behavior would make therobots more acceptable to humans. The ability to follow will likely be essential as robots continue to work alongside people more often than not, such as in office buildings, hospitals and airports.

“As humans, we constantly incorporate other peoples’ current actions as clues (cues) as to what they may do in the future,” Sanjay Joshi of the University of California, Davis, told PhysOrg.com. “For instance, we have a ‘sixth sense’ on the highway to know that a certain car will swerve into our lane soon, based on the driver’s current driving patterns. Then, we may become more defensive in our own driving. In our work, we wanted to begin the process of allowingrobots to use behavioral cues (of humans or other robots), to make the robot’s mission more reliable and accurate. In social work environments populated by numerous people and robots, these types of cues should be abundant.”

One look at these photos and you know this motorcycle is in the concept stage as I cannot remember seeing any of these on the road.

This is the SunRed solar-powered motorcycle that won the Best Innovative Technology award at the Barcelona Int’l Auto Show, this does look pretty cool and anything that is good to the environment and can be classed as gadget or latest technology is good in my books.

This SunRed project in the near future will result in a life-size prototype of the solar-powered motorcycle, the prototype will be able to store electrical power from captured sunlight and power the motorcycle in the most environmentally-friendly way.

The clamshell looking motorcycle is built that way to optimize the panel’s surface and to make the vehicle not too bulky. The SunRed solar-powered motorcycle is not moving it can store energy for up to 20km (13 miles) and travel at around 50km/h (30 mph).

Most modern electric bikes are designed in the same way as the motor on this solar-powered motorcycle; it is placed right in the axle of the wheel and brushless.

Now we got to remember this vehicle designed by SunRed is just a concept, but the company hopes that this will become a benchmark for future developments of solar applications in different vehicles.

PDF on sun red

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Easy-to use computerized sewing and embroidery, the Pacesetter PC-8500 from Brother is the complete and perfect machine for fine sewing and professional style embroidery featuring the latest technology. Included are 60 built-in embroidery designs for creating a limitless variety of projects. This sewing machine is fully equipped with the latest computerized functions to assist you with home sewing, including on-screen editing and design creation.

All content on this page is provided for informational purposes only. This machine is no longer available, please choose a different one.

Features & Details

• Large embroidery area - Continuous design without the need for re-hooping. Simply insert your fabric into the slide-on embroidery hoop.
• 10 built-in frame shapes - Choose from 10 frame shapes that can be stitched in your choice of 12 border styles, and can be enlarged or reduced to perfectly accent your embroidery design.
• Floral alphabet - 12.6cm (5") high alphabet letters with small flowers, ideal for embellishing.
• 4 built-in monogram fonts - including the beautiful 5" high floral alphabet font.
• 60 built-in embroidery designs - sports, flowers, animals, etc.
• Automatic reinforcement stitch - Locks the beginning and ending stitch with the touch of a button.
• Automatic thread tension - Adjusts the thread tension for a perfect stitch result on any fabric or combination.
• Drop feed control - Lower the feed dogs for free motion quilting for creating free-form or traditional quilt patterns.
• Sewing Advisor - Turns the LCD display into a built in instruction and reference book. Simply touch the screen on the area of interest and see pictures and text describing different sewing techniques and suggestions.
• Straight stitch and ZIG-ZAG Stitch Feeds - 8-way straight stitch feed and 4 way zig-zag stitch feed for sewing pockets, lapels, pant legs and quilting.
• On-screen editing and design creation - The LCD touch-screen allows you to easily combine patterns, monograms and borders into one design for embroidery and memory recall. Other powerful editing features include scaling, mirror imaging, pattern rotation, font color change and layout and trial function. The information-filled screen displays pattern size, color change sequence and time elapsed while embroidering.
• My Custom Stitch - With this exclusive feature, the user can create decorative stitches on the LCD panel. These can then be saved to memory for future use.
• Sewing stitches - general and specialty stitches including a long basting stitch, applique stitch, hem stitches, darning stitches, satin stitches for adding beautiful detail, heirloom stitches to create the perfect Victorian look, and a wide selection of decorative designs.
• Programmed thread cutter - For color changes or to automatically trim the top and bottom thread when finished sewing or embroidering.
• Quick-Set Bobbin - The easy-to-view window tells you at a glance when more thread is needed in your bobbin. Simply drop in a full bobbin and the Quick-Set feature has you ready to sew immediately.
• F.A.S.T. bobbin winding syste

This is the rechargeable Logitech MX Air Mouse that comes packed with features including the Freespace motion control technology that Logitech are so very proud of.

The Logitech Air Mouse combines different technologies including 2.4GHz RF, MEMS sensors with DSP and lasers for both traditional laser mousing and motion-control.

This has been done many times before with products like the Gyration Wireless Products (which I own), but Logitech hopes to better previous devices with their latest technology.

The Air Mouse aims to do things a different way by bridging the gap between mouse and remote control.

Dedicated volume control and pause/play buttons are neatly positioned down the center of the device and you will find a touch-sensitive scroll-panel instead of the standard scroll wheel.

These refinements make the Logitech MX Air Mouse a refreshing change and much better suited to mouse and remote tasks.

It works up to distances of around 30 feet away and should be shipping to Europe and the US sometime in August for $150.
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