Experience
With over 30 years medical diagnostic image management experience and approximately 1,500 installations in hospitals, clinics, private practices, research institutions and mobile imaging services, Freeland Systems offers innovative and efficient solutions for image viewing and archiving, professional reporting and comprehensive database management.
Freeland Systems is the developer of the proprietary AccessPoint technology which incorporates nearly 80 years of combined experience in medical imaging development and design. It is the unparalleled engineering and clinical experience of the founders in conjunction with clinical input from hundreds of customers that allows Freeland Systems and AccessPoint technology to be industry leaders.
Over the years Freeland technology has been sold to many ultrasound businesses.
The founders have made significant contributions to cardiac ultrasound imaging including:
- Development of the first computer for cardiac function analysis
- Development of the first VHS video tape application for echo storage
- Development of digital acquisition technology (frame buffers) for cardiac ultrasound
- Developed the first commercially successful stress echo system
- Developed and patented processes currently used by al stress echo acquisition systems
- Developed Digital Echo recording equipment to replace analog VCR in cardiac ultrasound
The founders of Freeland Systems have performed basic research in contrast ultrasound imaging, 3D-untrasound imaging, automatic edge detection and compression techniques for communication of diagnostic studies. The research led to patents in stress echocardiography and blood pool imaging using Color Flow Doppler techniques. They also developed the technology required to perform exercise cardiac function testing which continues to be the industry standard for Coronary Arterial Disease (CAD) detection.
AccessPoint technology was temporarily marketed by Kardia Health Systems under the AccessPoint and Connected Care trademarks.
Vision
Our corporate goal is to provide affordable image and reporting solutions that improve physician productivity, increase practice revenues, automate workflow and maximize return on investment.
Our solutions are software based, to eliminate the high cost of proprietary hardware and to challenge the traditional perception that image management and PACs systems are proprietary hardware dependent.
Leadership
Freeland Systems is lead by a management team that has the distinction and advantage of having worked together for over twenty years. Additionally, each of the managers has nearly twenty years experience within the medical digital imaging industry.
JOHN FREELAND, Managing Partner
John is an Internationally recognized pioneer and authority in the field of medical image management. With over 30 years development experience and a unique combination of engineering and clinical workflow expertise, John’s contributions to the AccessPoint brand set the standard for the industry.
John initiated digital imaging in ultrasound with the development of the first digital frame grabber used to capture Stress Echo for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease. He holds the following related patents :
- Blood Pool Imaging and Analysis Technique sing Ultrasound
- Method for Recording Ultrasound Images to diagnose Heart and Coronary Artery Disease.
Software developed and/or designed by John has been used in numerous research studies including the Framingham Heart study and the GISSI Heart Failure trials. His software is used on the International Space Station for research of the heart in space.
Products designed by John have been used at Harvard University, Mass General Hospital, Indiana University, Cleveland Clinic, Stanford University, Baylor University, Kobe General Hospital, Kobe Japan, Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and at Cardiology research hospitals in Italy and the United Kingdom,
ALAN STEGEMOLLER, Chief Design Architect
Alan brings the unique advantage of both hardware and software design expertise to Freeland Systems as well as 28 years direct medical digital imaging development experience. His contributions ensure product stability and reliability. His development leadership provides speed and efficiency which allows Freeland to remain on the forefront of leading edge technology.
Alan created all the image acquisition hardware for digital acquisition technology (frame buffers) and developed digital echo recording equipment to replace analog VCR for cardiac ultrasound. He also developed and perfected the Digital Character Reading algorithm which reads measurements from DICOM images into PACs systems. This algorithm is used by many ultrasound companies including Siemens, Philips, Heartlab, SCI Image and Digisonics and is also the technology that allows AccessPoint Reports to automatically populate.
Alan is the co-author of C PROGRAMMER’S LIBRARY which became a best selling guide for C programming.