Author_Institution :
Health Sci. Center, Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
The potential of picture-archiving and communication systems (PACs), a technology for the transmission and storage of diagnostic images, is examined. PACs, which accept pictures or images, with associated test, in digital form and then distributes them over a network, offer a means of dealing with the explosive growth of information generated by radiology and other imaging modalities. The technological problems that must be solved before PACS can achieve widespread use are explored. These occur in the areas of storing, transmitting, and displaying the images. Standard issues and radiologists´ resistance to the digital hospital, which may be the greatest obstacle to implementing PACS, are discussed.<>
Keywords :
PACS; computerised picture processing; diagnostic radiography; medical diagnostic computing; telecommunication systems; diagnostic images storage; diagnostic images transmission; digital imaging; picture-archiving and communication systems; radiology; Biomedical imaging; Delay; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Optical imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; Radiology; Surges; X-ray imaging; X-ray lasers;
