Finals | PPT 2.1 PACS Flashcards
PACS
Picture Archiving and Communication System
PACS (1), (2), and (3) medical images for (4) or (5)
- stores
- distributes
- displays
- interpretation
- review
they have taken on an increasingly important role in trhe entire workflow of the radiology dept
PACS
A PACS ideally replaces all —
stand-alone single modality WSs
PACS is further strengthened by integration with a hosptal’s other (1), including the (2) and (3)
- IT infrastracures
- HIS
- RIS
PACS SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND FUNCTIONS
- DATA AND IMAGE ACQUISITION GATEWAYS
- PACS SERVER AND ARCHIVE
- DISPLAY WORKSTATIONS
❑ PROBLEM: Images and patient data generated by the modality contains format information unacceptable for the on-site PACS operation
❑ SOLUTION: —
Acquisition GW computers (“modality integration unit”/MIU) are placed between the modalities and the rest of the PACS network to isolate the host computer in the modality from the PACS
❑ PROBLEM: If host computer do not contain intelligence to work with the PACS server to recover various error
❑ SOLUTION: —
3 PRIMARY TASK
✓ It acquires image data from the radiological imaging device to convert data from the manufacturers specification to a PACS standard format (header format, byte ordering and matrix sizes) that is compliant with the DICOM data formats and then forward the image study to the PACS server or display WSs.
3 PRIMARY TASK
PACS standard format that is compliant with the DICOM data formats
header format
byte ordering
matrix sizes
engine of PACS with 2 MAJOR COMPONENTS
PAC server
PAC server 2 MAJOR COMPONENTS
A. Database server
B. Archive system
Short-term, long-term, and permanent storage
Archive system
Major functions of the PACS server and archive
Receives images from examinations (exams) via —
acquisition gateways
Major functions of the PACS server and archive
Extracts text information describing the received exam from the —
DICOM image header
Major functions of the PACS server and archive
Updates the —
database management system
Major functions of the PACS server and archive
Determines the — to which newly generated exams are to be forwarded
destination workstations
Major functions of the PACS server and archive
Automatically retrieves necessary (1) from historical exams from a/n (2) or (3)
- comparison images
- cache storage
- long term library archive system