Picture Archiving And Communication Systems (PACS): Introductory Systems Analysis Considerations

Simon H. C. Hughes

doi:10.1117/12.935970

16 May 1983 Picture Archiving And Communication Systems (PACS): Introductory Systems Analysis Considerations

Simon H. C. Hughes

Proceedings Volume 0418, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems; (1983) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935970
Event: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS II), 1983, Kansas City, United States

Abstract

Two fundamental problems face any hospital or radiology department that is thinking about installing a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). First, though the need for PACS already exists, much of the relevant technology is just beginning to be developed. Second, the requirements of each hospital are different, so that any attempts to market a single PACS design for use in large numbers of hospitals are likely to meet with the same problems as were experienced with general-purpose Hospital Information Systems. This paper outlines some of the decision processes involved in arriving at specifications for each module of a PACS and indicates design principles which should be followed in order to meet individual hospital requirements, while avoiding the danger of short-term systems obsolescence.

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Simon H. C. Hughes "Picture Archiving And Communication Systems (PACS): Introductory Systems Analysis Considerations", Proc. SPIE 0418, Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, (16 May 1983); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.935970

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