Phased approach to DICOM compliant medical imaging system as part of a health care network

Author

Shock, Dan ; Frick, Mathis ; Douglass, Kenneth

Author_Institution

West Virginia Univ., Morgantown, WV, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-24 Aug 1995

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

56

Abstract

The basic promise of image management and communication systems (IMACS) is to provide efficient radiology services and quick image access to clinicians. The paper describes an approach to a system-wide image information system at West Virginia University Hospital. The system has used traditional capital expenditures, cluster integration and DICOM compliance over a five year period

Keywords

PACS; local area networks; medical image processing; medical information systems; radiology; software standards; visual databases; DICOM compliance; IMACS; PACS; West Virginia University Hospital; capital expenditures; cluster integration; health care network; image information system; image management and communication systems; medical imaging system; quick image access; radiology services; Biomedical imaging; Chromium; Costs; DICOM; Hospitals; Information systems; Medical services; Radiology; Telemedicine; Ultrasonic imaging;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Image Management and Communications, 1995., Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Oahu Island, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7560-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMAC.1995.532560

Filename

532560