WorkstationOne

About WorkstationOne
WorkstationOne is a medical device that implements the software for a vendor-neutral diagnostic breast imaging workstation. It obtains breast imaging screening or diagnosis exams from PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) or Modalities; then displays and manipulates the images for radiologists to perform the interpretation task. The workstation can also interface with a reporting system to generate an interpretation report. The workstation also supports media exchange and film printing.
The workstation can be configured to use mammographic specific hanging protocols and reading workflow. The workstation obtains the source images, CAD SR (Structured Reports) reports and GSPS (Grayscale Softcopy Presentation State) annotations, either as the recipient of the push of that data, or by querying and retrieving them from a PACS archive. In both models, DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) standard is used. The images can only be lossless compressed or non-compressed DICOM images.
The workstation supports the display of:
o MG (digital mammography, including breast tomosynthesis and breast projection) images
o CAD SR (structured reports) as an overlay detection mark on the image, plus integration of additional information such as computer assessment of the breast density categories
o digitized prior mammogram film images
o breast US (ultrasound) images
o breast MR (magnetic resonance) images
o breast NM (nuclear medicine) images
o breast CT (computed tomography) images
o CR or DX general radiography images
o associated documents (secondary capture or web documents), such as, referring doctor’s letter, notes and previous reports
o SR (structured reports) in addition to CAD that are displayed as text
o Key Image Notes (KOS) that indicate images or frames of interest
o GSPS graphic annotations
o encapsulated PDF documents
The workstation provides the following functions to perform operations for, or by, users:
o image layout
o image manipulation
o image quantification
o annotations
o markup and assessment
The image layout functionality includes a number of mammographic-specific hanging protocols. The features for image manipulation include: image contrast, zoom, pan, invert, flip and mask. Image quantification mechanisms include caliper and measurements that are performed over a markup ROI or line that the user draws. Some of these functions may be performed automatically or manually by the user.
Automation of the mammography specific viewing protocol includes:
o automated image orientation and chest wall alignment for the mammography hanging protocol.
o automated size calculation so multiple images can be displayed at the same relative physical size.
o navigating the per-user configured mammography screening hanging protocol sequence.
o handling of ad hoc excursions to the mammographic viewing protocol.
Key benefits of WorkstationOne
WorkstationOne offers a distinctly different style of enterprise integration and interpretation workflow. Three Palm Software understands the data-intensive challenges that radiologists are facing when moving to digital mammography, and the need to review digital mammograms as efficiently as they can read films on motorized light boxes. This mammography workstation’s elegant and simple interface is designed to meet the most demanding radiologists’ needs.
Highlights incude:
- “Single-click” workflow* to streamline mammogram reading from opening a study to generating a report.
- Customized mammographic-specific reading and hanging protocol sequences (including multiple prior support).
- Incorporates expert viewing methodology including Tabár’s systematic viewing mask techniques* for searching for subtle radiographic abnormalities.
- Tomosynthesis (i.e., 3D) support – tomosynthesis images are transferred in DICOM standard format (DBT/BTO), and non-standard Siemens tomosynthesis (CT) is converted automatically for viewing. Breast Projection Images can be included in the workflow. Standard tomo display tools such as cine, manual scrolling, slabbing, along with a 3D navigation icon are supported. Standard 2D mechanisms such as markup (including the correlator), overlay and key-notes are naturally extended to 3D, with the workflow mechanisms automatically including tomo images without requiring user configuration.
- Enhanced tomosynthesis navigation is also supported for sites with tomo-CAD, or with the GE Enhanced “V-Preview” or Hologic “Smart Mapping”.
- CAD display is customized for all common systems (more than 15 vendors) including breast density information. Custom graphics and information from each vendor is shown. This support extends to 3D (Tomosynthesis) for vendors that support it. In particular, 3D navigation and display of markers from tomo-CAD is supported for reports from iCAD, and ScreenPoint Medical (with decision support for both 2D and 3D). Tomosynthesis navigation includes a keyboard shortcut, thumbnails, shadow-marks, and an assessment popup with more details and navigation.
- Plug-in viewers for adjunct capabilities such as breast MR CAD, ultrasound CAD, web document review, dictation triggers, view DICOM structured reports, etc.
- Efficient reading due to bi-directional reporting system integration – reading can be driven by an external worklist, and markup and assessment results from the reading are transparently propagated back into the reporting system where they are included in the generated report.
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- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Elite highly configurable mammography workstation
Reviewed on 2023/05/02
Strongly positive
Strongly positive
Pros
The company is open to direct communication and feedback resulting in continued active development. With 35 years of mammography experience, I can say that Three Palms Software is “BEST IN CLASS”. This software should be on your shortlist if you are searching for a high quality, continuously improving, highly configurable and feature rich mammography viewer.
Cons
Adding features that would allow for interpretation of other modalities would certainly be helpful in the future.
Response from Three Palm Software
Dr V,
Thanks for your comments - we take feedback seriously, and continually work on new features. Included in recent releases is improved support for reading CT, MR and US images via the "Compare" plugin. In appropriate domains we also partner with third parties to make plugin viewers available (such as the "br-viewer" plugin for 3D ultrasound). We will continue to add wider support in future releases.
Patrick
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
A System That Facilitates Rapid High Volume Screening
Reviewed on 2023/04/21
Very positive. [sensitive content hidden] has been very quick to respond and solve any problems we...
Very positive. [sensitive content hidden] has been very quick to respond and solve any problems we have encountered.
Pros
It requires minimal input in the form of keystrokes or mouse clicks; allowing me to concentrate on detecting cancers. It facilitates smooth rapid review of cases (we review approx 120 screening mammography cases per day).It does not waste my time or attention.
Cons
I would like the ability to customise key commands, but this is not a big issue as the current format works very well.
Response from Three Palm Software
Dr O, we are pleased to hear that WorkstationOne is meeting your expectations for rapid reading of Mammography studies. You have been a long-term user of the system (probably more than 10 years now!), and so have seen the product evolve over the years, even as other components of your infrastructure have changed vendors. We aim to stay ahead of the competition, providing support for new features before anyone else. Thanks for your comment about the key commands - while we currently allow them to be configured on the menus, updating the system to allow re-assignment of keystrokes is something we will add in a future release - the important thing is to do it in a way that does not make the system appear more complex to operate!
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Outstanding viewer
Reviewed on 2023/04/21
Reading from Multiple offices and Manufacturers allowed a single station for fast reading.
Reading from Multiple offices and Manufacturers allowed a single station for fast reading.
Pros
Makes reading mammograms fast, efficient and improves accuracy.
Cons
It does not have a thin client or cloud based viewer
Response from Three Palm Software
Dr S, thanks for your comments. As a customer who has used WorkstationOne for a very long time, we appreciate your feedback over the years - that has made the system better for all users. Your comment about a cloud-based viewer is something we have been addressing in recent releases with better support for such deployments.
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Working with WorkstationOne at a Solo Practice
Reviewed on 2023/04/20
As a solo practice radiologist, I was looking for a cost effective mammography workstation that was...
As a solo practice radiologist, I was looking for a cost effective mammography workstation that was easy to use and allowed for timely image interpretation. Having utilized other workstations at various facilities, I greatly appreciate the functionality and reliability of WorkstationOne.
Pros
Three Palm has been a pleasure to work with since the day it was installed at our office. The program is very user friendly and has all the key features needed for interpreting mammograms. The technical support is amazing! Any questions or issues that have arisen have been immediately addressed and resolved.
Cons
I have utilized WorkstationOne for the past 10 years with no major issues.
Response from Three Palm Software
Dr G, thank you for your comments and for being a long-term user of WorkstationOne. We work to help all our customers be efficient and effective when reading mammography, and we continue to innovate with each release.
- Industry: Medical Practice
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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Streamlined system for mammography viewing and interpretation
Reviewed on 2023/05/08
Excellent.
Excellent.
Pros
I have used Workstation One at my own teleradiology setup as well as in a private practice setting. It is easy and user friendly, limits hassles of complicated hanging protocols.
Cons
When you use a tool, you have to reselect the tool each time
Response from Three Palm Software
Dr I,
Thanks for the feedback on WorkstationOne and our support for the product. For "reselect the tool" each time, this is a user configuration setting - you can change that behavior on the user settings (user controls, markup details, option "reset menu"). Contact our support line to get help changing your settings. Thanks,
Patrick
WorkstationOne FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for WorkstationOne.Q. What type of pricing plans does WorkstationOne offer?
WorkstationOne offers the following pricing plans:
- Free Trial: Available
Q. Who are the typical users of WorkstationOne?
WorkstationOne has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does WorkstationOne support?
WorkstationOne supports the following languages:
Chinese, English, Italian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese
Q. Does WorkstationOne support mobile devices?
WorkstationOne supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does WorkstationOne integrate with?
WorkstationOne integrates with the following applications:
DICOM viewer
Q. What level of support does WorkstationOne offer?
WorkstationOne offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support
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