A Second Generation PACS Concept: Hospital Integrated Picture Archiving and Communication SystemsMichel Osteaux The term picture archiving and communications system (PACS) was initiated during the first International conference and workshop on the topic sponsored by The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) in Newport Beach, California in 1982. The research and development (R&D) progress for PACS has been slow until 1988. The earlier PACS modules were mostly off the shelf components connected together to solve a very specific clinical problem. The three major players in PACS R&D are the European countries, United States of America, and Japan. For various reasons, the European coun tries concentrated in modeling and simulation, U.S.A. pre ferred in-house development or purchased PACS modules from a manufacturer, whereas Japan organized the PACS as a national project. Between 1989 and 1990 PACS R&D took a dramatic positive turn. Large scale P ACS projects were planned and some are of implementation, especially in newly con at various stages structed hospitals. Examples are the Hokkaido University, Japan; Hammersmith Hospital, United Kingdom; Social and Medical Center East (SMZO), Vienna, Austria; the U.S. Armed Force Medical Diagnostic Imaging Support (MDIS) project; and the UCLA Medical Plaza ambulatory care center. Another phenomenon is the organization of the EC-countries which provides a tremendous impetus for the European PACS R&D efforts. This book "Hospital Integrated Picture Archiving and Communication Systems: edited by Professor M. Osteaux and others is a direct product from these efforts. |
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Introduction Definition and Historical | 1 |
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and Their Specific Needs | 34 |
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Aachen acquisition activities adaptive user interfaces algorithm applications approach architecture Bakker clinical components computed tomography data base systems data model data transfer DBMS defined diagnostic information requirements digital image workstations disk display distributed documents evaluation examination example film-based functions global hardware hierarchy HIPACS hospital information systems image data base image equipment image management image processing image transfer implementation information systems integrated interactive layer Leiden University Mbit/s medical image modalities modules multimedia data needed nodes object-oriented objects operations PACS PACS environment patient performance pictorial index picture archiving prefetching problem procedures query radiologist radiology department Radiology Information Systems relational reporting request retrieval schema screen segment selection sessions specific SPIE standard station storage stored strategy structure subsystems Task models tasks techniques tion token ring University Hospital user interface user-centered design visit film folders X-ray