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how a process done step by step
workflow
what is pacs
picture archiving and communication system
image management system that acquires, stores, forward, manipulates and display images.
PACS
Image that presented to the radiologist on film.
Hard Copy
All digital images are interpreted from presentation on a digital device
Soft Copy
4 Principle Components of PACS
- Image Acquisition System
- The Display Network
- The Network
- The Storage System
Image Devices that acquire images from the patient.
Image Acquisition
Computer used to view a digital image.
The Display Image
This requires that each workstation must interact with each other imaging system and central imaging
The Network
The amount of storage necessary depends on the modality or modalities served by the PACS and on the workload.
The Storage System
DICOM stands for?
DIGITAL IMAGING AND COMMUNICATION IN MEDICINE
Universally accepted standard for exchanging medical images among the modality.
DICOM
Any computer that Health care worker uses to view a digital image.
Display Workstations
file room of the PACS
archive server
used by a radiologist when making a primary diagnosis
Radiologist reading stations