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<#> Better hardware. Better care. As medical centers and leading clinical research facilities seek to facilitate greater collaboration among clinicians, partners, and departments and ultimately improve patient outcomes, having reliable access to medical images is more critical than ever. On the surface, it seems an easy enough problem to solve yet despite the widespread availability of technology, barriers to success continue to exist. Generation of new images continues to exceed storage capacity, and demands much more robust graphical power output from the workstation solutions. Retrieval and rendering speed of images, which is vital in time-sensitive medical situations, isn’t always as fast as can be. Also, many facilities are faced with the challenge of getting more speed, more reliability and more storage with less and less available space. When it comes to workstations, today’s medical and research facilities simply demand more: increased speed, more robust graphics, more reliability, and more storage. With its ThinkStation® solutions powered by Intel Xeon processors, Lenovo aims to help hospitals and research centers meet these challenges head on and deliver better care, much more effectively. MEDICAL IMAGING WITH LENOVO THINKSTATION ® TAKES A STEP FORWARD

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Better hardware. Better care.As medical centers and leading clinical research facilities seek to facilitate greater collaboration among clinicians, partners, and departments and ultimately improve patient outcomes, having reliable access to medical images is more critical than ever. On the surface, it seems an easy enough problem to solve yet despite the widespread availability of technology, barriers to success continue to exist.

Generation of new images continues to exceed storage capacity, and demands much more robust graphical power output from the workstation solutions. Retrieval and rendering speed of images, which is vital in time-sensitive medical situations, isn’t always as fast as can be. Also, many facilities are faced with the challenge of getting more speed, more reliability and more storage with less and less available space.

When it comes to workstations, today’s medical and research facilities simply demand more: increased speed, more robust graphics, more reliability, and more storage. With its ThinkStation® solutions powered by Intel Xeon processors, Lenovo aims to help hospitals and research centers meet these challenges head on and deliver better care, much more effectively.

MEDICAL IMAGING

WITH LENOVO THINKSTATION®

TAKES A STEP FORWARD

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MEDICAL IMAGING TAKES A STEP FORWARD WITH LENOVO THINKSTATION®

SMARTER HARDWARE

The hardware solution is not the entire, end-to-end medical imaging solution. It does, however, play an integral role in Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) workflows. In fact, Lenovo ThinkStations are able to take on multiple roles within the PACS system. They’re utilized at centralized quality assurance stations where they are monitored to assure DICOM compliance, as well as directly by cardiologists and radiologists at individual workstations. Having that flexibility to operate seamlessly between multiple modalities within the same PACS system helps facilities gain efficiencies and ultimately deliver higher quality care.

The Lenovo ThinkStation workstation raises the standard with blazing speed provided by the latest generation family of Intel® Xeon™ processor technology, enabling single and multi-threaded applications to run faster.

It also delivers superior image quality by supporting the high-performance NVIDIA® Quadro® 2000D graphics card, which is specifically designed for the medical imaging space. Furthermore, because of the NVIDIA graphical solution, ThinkStation has the power to display medical images without any degradation of tonal characteristics. A crisp, clear image every time results in fewer missed diagnoses.

The combination of Intel and NVIDIA technology is just part of a larger Lenovo hardware solution designed to enhance the overall user experience for researchers and clinicians. Add scalable capacity that can stay ahead of growing storage needs, thermal and space efficient design, as well as nearly undetectable noise levels, and you have a near-perfect workstation that can plug right into most systems.

On a Lenovo ThinkStation workstation, clinical researchers, hospital administrators, radiologists, cardiologists, and technicians can do more and do it faster, quieter, and more reliably.

THINKSTATION IS TRANSFORMING MEDICAL IMAGING.

PROCESSING SPEEDAcross all models and configurations, the ThinkStation is infused with the latest generation of Intel® Xeon® processor CPUs with leading technology such as Intel QuickPath, Intel Hyper-Threading and Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The result is an extremely fast system that delivers efficient multi-core processing and enables clinicians to deliver the level of care they constantly strive to achieve.

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An overview of the architecture of Lenovo’s Healthcare solution.

NETWORK & STORAGEMEDICAL RECORDS

RADIOLOGISTS

SECONDARY

PRIMARY

MEDICAL IMAGINGPACS/RIS

LENOVO HEALTHCARE

CARDIOLOGISTS

MEDICAL RECORDS

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Speed also enables time-critical retrieval of medical documents and images when a health care decision is on the line. A radiologist doesn’t have time to wait for applications to load or images to download. Clinicians count on their workstations to deliver the images they need fast and without any glitches. A Lenovo ThinkStation workstation with Intel technology delivers every time and enables the clinician or researcher to deliver better care.

GRAPHICSMedical imaging truly is one area where image is everything. Today’s radiologists and clinical researchers are able to make diagnoses or evaluate efficacy with confidence. Advanced graphic card technologies deliver the kind of clarity and accuracy these medical professionals demand and virtually eliminate the threat of image loss.

Lenovo ThinkStation workstations support an extensive range of high-performance discrete graphics cards for both NVIDIA® NVS™ and Quadro graphics adapters, including the NVIDIA Quadro 2000D. These cards meet and exceed the needs of diagnosticians by being able to support up to eight monitors at once with four monitors being the DICOM standard diagnostic displays, and the other four are non-DICOM displays. Here’s a typical scenario: a radiologist boots up,

retrieves a patient’s medical imagery, and is immediately enveloped in high-quality, high-resolution detailed images across multiple screens. Whether they’re new or historical images, the definition and quality are superb. As a result, the clinician is able to make diagnoses faster and with greater certainty.

THINKSTATIONS ENHANCE END USER EXPERIENCE, PRODUC-TIVITY, AND PATIENT CARE.

COMPACT DESIGNAs you know, space comes at a premium. Hospitals and research facilities are often tasked with finding clever uses of available space to maximize productivity and achieve more with less.

The Lenovo ThinkStation C20 is a prime example of how innovation can be utilized to overcome limitation. The rack-mountable C20 just happens to be the world’s smallest dual-socket workstation, yet offers the same high level of performance as its larger counterparts. Its small form and space-saving design can provide superior cable management and accommodate more systems in a standard server rack without sacrificing power. Additionally, tool-less graphic cards and easy access side doors help ensure uninterrupted performance.

Lenovo truly understands the needs as well as the constraints of modern medical facilities and continues to deliver size- and performance-appropriate solutions.

ENERGY EFFICIENCY In an era of shrinking budgets and accountability down to the penny, Lenovo workstations deliver the necessary level of performance while managing power consumption during low usage periods. Not only is it a money-saver, ThinkStation is a planet saver, too. The C20 model features an 80 Plus Gold power supply and is made with 65% recycled plastics.

THERMAL MANAGEMENT One area in particular where the ThinkStation outshines its competition is in how it handles air flow. Its unique thermal design and optimized fan placement ensure the delivery of cool air throughout the system. In fact, it tends to run 5–8 degrees cooler than similar systems. As a result, all ThinkStation models are better able to ward off hardware failure and avoid downtime.

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The Lenovo ThinkStation C20 is the world’s smallest dual-socket workstation, yet offers the same high level of performance as its larger counterparts.

MEDICAL IMAGING TAKES A STEP FORWARD WITH LENOVO THINKSTATION®

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NOISE REDUCTIONAn owl is virtually silent in flight owing to the unique shape of its feathers. That shape design inspired Lenovo’s Think engineers to design an owl-like fan blade that could silently move air through at a lower RPM. They succeeded. Now, ThinkStations are the quietest workstations on the market.

What noise reduction means in terms of better patient care is significant. With the ThinkStation’s idle operating noise of just 24 decibels, you’ll barely even know it’s running. A quieter work area enables clinicians and researchers to be more acutely focused on the task at hand. Less interruption means less potential for error.

A MULTI-TIERED SOLUTION.

THE IMPORTANCE OF ISV CERTIFICATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS.Lenovo has formed partnerships with leading health care IT providers such as McKesson, NEC and Barco. Their software combined with Lenovo’s hardware works seamlessly with mammography, MRI, and other imaging modalities to provide the most complete and effective solution.

With these top ISV certifications and partnerships, Lenovo ThinkStations are able to not only run the latest and most critical applications but also run them quicker and with greater reliability.

CAPACITY The amount of data generated on a daily basis is on track to overtake the amount of available storage. An ocean of records and images constantly needs to be archived yet remains easily accessible in space-constrained work environments.

Lenovo overcomes storage challenges with its feature-rich ThinkServer rack and tower server choices. Offering unmatched Intel Xeon performance at budget-friendly prices, ThinkServer delivers in any environment. With up to 16 TB of scalability and robust SAS RAID data protection, ThinkServer has room to grow with any hospital or organization. When paired with a ThinkStation workstation, it offers the one-two storage and performance punch facilities are looking for.

MEDICAL IMAGING MOVES FORWARD.

Lenovo’s ThinkStation workstation is leading the way. It’s the broad-reaching hardware solution that so many hospitals and research facilities need and want — a solution that can help overcome barriers to care such as noise, space constraints, retrieval speed, and more. It has the storage capacity, networking capability, processing speed, and graphics cards needed to access and distribute medical images efficiently, within and outside an organization. A ThinkStation hardware solution integrates seamlessly into the PACS workflow.

Quieter. Cooler. Faster. Space-optimized. A Lenovo ThinkStation solution can improve patient outcomes and help virtually any medical imaging network do more.

The following are registered trademarks of Lenovo: Lenovo, the Lenovo logo, For Those Who Do logo ThinkPad, ThinkStation, ThinkServer, and ThinkCentre. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Xeon, Intel Core, and Core Inside are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. Other company, product and service names may be trademarks or service marks of others. ©2011-2012 Lenovo. All rights reserved.

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are able to run the

latest and most

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quicker and with

greater reliability.

The Lenovo ThinkStations E30, D20, and S20 offer a range of high performance towers with configurations that work for you.

MEDICAL IMAGING TAKES A STEP FORWARD WITH LENOVO THINKSTATION®