Picture Archiving and Communication System, PACS
X PACS [1] PACS [2-4] PACS [5-6] PACS PACS PACS PACS X 2400 CT 800 MRI 1200 800 IVP PACS CT MRI DSA X computerized
radiography, CR -PACS mini-PACS
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worklist
hospital information system HIS
radiological information system RIS HIS PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS X C R D R d i g i t a l i z e d radiography DICOM Version 3.0
PACS DSA DICOM Version
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PACS
PET gama camera
DICOM Version 3.0 PACS gross
PACS DLL
PACS
PACS PACS gigabite
HIS PACS NAS 10 TB on line A. 1 2 1 1 10 2 PACS B. 1 Viewer Client 1 IP 2
C. 2 Core Switch 2 Giga
HIS PACS 19 LCD PACS HIS HIS PACS PACS PACS PACS
PACS PACS HIS
PACS HIS
PACS PACS
HIS HIS PACS
17.4 LCD PACS PACS PACS PACS LCD PACS PACS PowerPoint HIS PACS
PACS PACS X X PACS HIS PACS PACS PACS PACS
HIS PACS PACS
HIS PACS PACS PACS PACS 32 PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS (1) PACS (2) HIS PACS (3) PACS X CT MRI 5-8 (4) PACS Ohio PACS 4 [8] X 14 × 17 X MRI PACS PACS [9] [10] MRI X X PACS
[11] Ohio paradigm shift
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PACS [17-18] gama camera PET
camera PET DICOM Version 3.0 mini PACS PACS PACS PACS LCD X PACS key images PACS PACS PACS PACS PACS
Color Doppler MRI ADC map 3D CT PACS LCD PACS (1) X 30-40% 30-40% X PACS Mehta X 3.73 PACS 0.56 [15] Twain PCAS 25 19 PACS 3 40 [13] (2) PACS PACS Window PACS X [19,20] CRT [21] Web PACS [2] Web [3] ICR 50 fl PACS [6,22,16] Maryland CT 45% X [22] portable X X X X portable X PACS CR CR QC X PACS PACS LCD PACS PACS
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Filmless in Six months, An Experience in a
Medical Center
WU-CHUNGSHEN1 CHIR-CHANGHWANG2 RONG-LINYANG2
Department of Radiology1, Computer Center2, China Medical College Hospital
We report the experience of a medical center with 1600 beds, build picture archiving and communication system (PACS), and implemented filmless in 6 months. There were 14 workstations for radiologist, which equipped one or two 19-inch LCD high-resolution color monitor. There were also 211 workstations for clinicians, which equipped one 17-inch LCD monitor. All the images except mammography produced in the Department of Radiology were included in the PACS. In addition, gamma camera images and PET were also included in PACS. Images of pathology were also selectively sent on PACS. The effect and issues of monitors were also discussed in this report.
