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  • Title: Radiology information and image management system: new approach to PACS with hypermedia capabilities of personal computers.
    Author: Pavone P, Marsella M, Panebianco V, Catalano C, Laghi A, Campanella V, Passariello R.
    Journal: Radiographics; 1996 Mar; 16(2):421-7. PubMed ID: 8966298.
    Abstract:
    A system for archiving patient data and images was developed, installed, and evaluated in a radiology department. The system was developed with a relational database program for use with commercially available computers linked with an Ethernet network. The main options of the system are those of a conventional radiology information system: scheduling, registration, examination execution, reporting, archives and statistics, and system administration. However, the main feature of the system is the image archiving capability. Images are associated with patient records after capture by direct acquisition of the video signal or by scanning. Only relevant pathologic images are archived and a commonly employed compression algorithm is used, reducing the total memory requirement for each case to 200-600 kbytes. The diagnosis is still made by reading the original images. The low-resolution images stored in the system have an important role in teaching and consultation and as a first-line archive. Good results have been obtained with this system, which is used by medical and nonmedical staff without any special training.
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