picture archival and communication system [pacs] - overview

Picture Archival and Communication System [PACS] - Overview

Agenda - Raghuram

What is PACS?Evolution of PACSComponents of PACSHow Images are Stored and

RetrievedStorage Onion Technology for STS

What is PACS?

Picture Archival and Communication System Used in Radiology Dept. of Hospitals

Provides Workflow to store and retrieve Radiology Images

Radiology Images can be:

Digital Radioscopy (X Ray)

CT Scan

MRI Scan

PET (Positron Emission Tonography)

Endoscopy

Mammograms

Ultrasound

Doppler

Etc.

Uses DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)

Evolution of PACS

DICOM gained popularity before ~20 years

Film used due to: No standard

Vendors trying to play monopoly with their Imaging devices and PACS Software

PACS gained popularity from the year 2000

Evolution of PACS [Contd.]

Components of PACS

How Images are Stored and Retrieved

WADO - Web Access to DICOM Persistent Objects

Storage Onion Technology for STS

Credits

PACS Workflow – interWORKS from www.avreo.com

Image Flow – from www.indoushealthcare.com

PACS Architecture Diagram – from www.raypax.com

How Images are Stored and Retrieved - www.osirix-viewer.com

WADO Definition: http://www.research.ibm.com/haifa/projects/software/wado/index.html

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