IMAGE Information Systems unveiled MED-TAB, touting it as the world’s first portable DICOM-calibrated medical image display. More than a tablet, the device is expected to change teleradiology, enabling imaging specialists to work even when they are not near their workstations.

MED-TAB can be used for bedside image analysis, in surgery theaters, by on-call radiologists and in emergency situations. It was developed by a team of imaging professionals to solve the problem of needing access to medical image analysis without being tethered to the workstation. The device provides DICOM grayscale calibration not available previously in portable devices.

“MED-TAB isn’t a radiology app, and it’s not a tablet. It’s a medical display in the form of a tablet, all in one,” says Dr. Arpad Bischof, radiologist and co-creator of MED-TAB in a statement. “It offers premium quality features, including screen adaptability, an exclusive measuring pen and DICOM-compatibility. Users can work in a normal way from almost anywhere, using a Philips SpeechMike device, as if they were at a typical workstation (a feature that isn’t possible with a typical tablet).”

MED-TAB provides DICOM grayscale calibration not available previously in portable devices.MED-TAB features an anti-glare display with patented 11-bit DICOM GSDF hardware grayscale calibration, fixed calibrated brightness of ~300 Cd/m2. There’s also an HDMI port for connecting the device to a larger display (data projector), and an integrated ambient light sensor that provides an indicator whether surrounding light is appropriate for image analysis.

The device’s screen is 69 percent larger than the iPad Air 2, and 67 percent larger than the Galaxy Tab 4. MED-TAB runs with the Android 4.4 and supports most major PACS vendors using HTML5; it is available with IMAGE’s zero footprint DICOM viewer, iQ-4VIEW.