Evaluation of the ACR-NEMA standard for communications in digital radiology

Author

McNeill, Kevin M. ; Osada, Masakazu ; Martinez, Ralph ; Tawara, Kyoshi ; Maloney, Kris ; Vercillo, Rick ; Ozeki, Takeshi ; Komatsu, Kenichi ; Dallas, William J. ; Fukushima, Yuki ; Toshimitsu, Akihiro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiol., Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1990

fDate

9/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

281

Lastpage

289

Abstract

An implementation and evaluation of a prototype multivendor communications system which complies with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) standard for communications in digital radiology is discussed. The system allows communications between interfaces from different manufacturers within a networked environment. The implementation includes network software compatible with the International Standards Organization´s Open Systems Interconnect standard. The experience of the implementation effort and the evaluation of the system provide the basis for a critique of the ACR-NEMA standard. It is concluded that the ACR-NEMA standard is not well suited for application to the networked environment of picture archiving and communications systems. Two possible solutions are recommended for this problem. The first is a major revision of the existing standard. The second is the development of a family of network communications standards for digital radiology

Keywords

PACS; computer networks; diagnostic radiography; open systems; standards; ACR-NEMA standard; American College of Radiology; National Electrical Manufacturers Association; digital radiology communications; multivendor communications system; network communications; network software; networked environment; picture archiving and communications systems; Communication standards; Educational institutions; ISO; Manufacturing; Open systems; Prototypes; Radiology; Software prototyping; Software standards; Standards organizations;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Medical Imaging, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0062

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/42.57765

Filename

57765