TIMS MVP Release Notes
TIMS MVP version 5.1: August 2024
1) TIMS Compare: Significant enhancements including the ability to compare and play side-by-side two Series from either two different studies or two Series within the same study. Synced frame-by-frame analysis and playback. Add a snapshot of the Compare to the current study and integrate into your report.
2) TIMS Send: 2-10x faster than standard DICOM for sending studies in the background from the TIMS system in the procedure suite to the TIMS Review stations in the speech or endoscopy office area.
3) Reporting and Notes have an improved display and selection of lists with the ability to turn on/off table borders.
4) Added a toggle control to increase the size of the notes tab over 50% allowing for a better viewing experience.
5) With Edit/Copy Measurements, you can now paste measurements as a table into your report, Notes, or any other Windows program.
6) Right click on the stopwatch and you can paste the timing data directly into a report, Notes, or any other Windows program.
7) With a quick keyboard or menu toggle, increase the Live display to "full screen mode". This feature has been requested by many FEES and endoscopy users.
8) For supported USB cameras and FEES scopes, video adjustments can now be made to contrast, brightness, black level, flip (requested for SLP vs. ENT settings for some scopes), mirror, and other supported settings (varies depending on the camera/scope). The settings can be stored in the channel so they are saved for all future studies.
9) TIMS remembers previous labels you have used and auto populates via type matching, and can select from your current label lists.
10) Support for the ORL Videoscope PEDS for FEES.
11) Improvements to DICOM Receive to better accommodate large multi-file FEES studies from portable single use scopes such as Ambu.
TIMS MVP version 5.0: August 2023
1) Customized reporting with themes, smart phrases, snapshots. PDF, print, send to PACS.
2) Notes floating window for adding notes to the study, series, and snapshots. Integrated with reporting.
3) PatientView: support for a second video input (USB only) for showing the view of the patient as a picture-in-picture recording.
4) Import/export of settings. Important for sites with multiple TIMS systems and TIMS Review workstations.
5) Apply annotations to any existing snapshot.
6) Automatic swallow detection, bookmark in the timeline.
7) Import media files (JPG & MP4). For importing older studies or studies from pathology, dermatology, surgery, etc. Edit, label, annotate, and send to PACS.
8) Enhanced triggering mode for endoscopy (for supported scopes): long press to start video recording, second long press to stop video recording. Short press at any time (even during video recording) to take snapshots.
9) Feature to easily extend freehand mode in telestrations and measurement (ctrl-shift click)
10) Find largest width feature for precise measurement calibration.
11) Integrated diagram tool with snapshot for endoscopy reporting (patent-pending)
TIMS MVP version 4.6 released February 2023
1) MP4 video conversion to JPG upon DICOM send for compatibility with PACS systems that do not support MP4 yet. Intended for longer format studies including FEES, general endoscopy, and surgical video.
2) Improved editing flexibility with split/combine, subclip creation, and compound clip creation (ability to combine multiple series into one larger series and change the temporal order).
3) New and improved Channel Configuration with live video display, area of interest creation, audio detection, trigger detection, and pre-sets for MBS and FEES.
4) Saturation adjustment for color video
5) Side-by-side study compare
6) Leading black frame automatic elimination for MBS studies
7) Beta testing for notes and reporting (pre-authorized customers only)
TIMS MVP version 4.5 released April 2022
1) Integrated scoring and rating for industry standard protocols:.
• Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSImP)
• Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity (DIGEST)
• Penetration-Aspiration Scale (PAS)
• Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)
2) Customized scoring and rating
3) Measurement tools including area, distance, & velocity. Practical examples include residue, hyoid excursion and superior/anterior displacement, bolus velocity, and the timing of swallowing events. Telestrations and text labels can be added.
4) DICOM query/retrieve
5) USB video acquisition
6) New telestration tools including magic wand and magic brush
7) Additional sorting and labeling options
8) TIMS Connect for real-time streaming of the live study and a room camera view to a TIMS Review workstation on the hospital network, as well as two-way audio communication and optional remote control of the TIMS MVP application.
TIMS MVP version 4.2 released April 2021
1) DICOM send in MPEG-4 format
2) Mouse wheel for frame-by-frame movement
3) International date localization
4) Improved performance with large study lists
5) Allow study recording via warning if audio not detected
TIMS MVP version 4.0 released November 2020
1) Initial release of TIMS MVP