The utility of a PACS in the medical media department

Author

Siegel, Eliot L. ; Denner, Jordan M. ; Pomerantz, Stephen M. ; Reiner, Bruce ; Protopapas, Zenon

Author_Institution

Maryland Univ. Med. Sch., Baltimore, MD, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

20-24 Aug 1995

Firstpage

130

Lastpage

131

Abstract

A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) can provide support to non-clinical departments in a large medical center such as medical media or photographic services. The two PACS at the Baltimore VA Medical Center are utilized by the medical media department to facilitate acquisition and archival of a wide spectrum of hospital images. The decreased dependence upon the medical media department for slides due to the projection television workstations in the auditorium and the ability to capture images directly from the PACS has resulted in significant increases in efficiency, productivity and quality in the medical media department

Keywords

PACS; medical image processing; television applications; Baltimore VA Medical Center; PACS; auditorium; hospital images; image acquisition; image archiving; medical media department; nonclinical departments; photographic services; picture archiving and communication system; projection television workstations; slides; Biomedical imaging; Digital images; Hospitals; Large-scale systems; Optical imaging; Picture archiving and communication systems; Printers; Productivity; Radiology; Workstations;

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.1995.532574

Filename

532574