Evaluation of specific PACS equipment components: operational and maintenance experience

John R. Romlein; Robert G. Leckie; Suzy Smith; Edward Quillin; Matthew T. Freedman M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.174001

1 May 1994 Evaluation of specific PACS equipment components: operational and maintenance experience

John R. Romlein, Robert G. Leckie, Suzy Smith, Edward Quillin, Matthew T. Freedman M.D.

Proceedings Volume 2164, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174001
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Through the Medical Diagnostic Imaging Support (MDIS) Program, the U.S. military has installed picture archiving and communication systems and teleradiology systems in three medical centers. The primary image acquisition modality for these systems is computed radiography. This presentation reviews the distribution of downtime for the computed radiography devices at the three PACS based hospitals and at one non-PACS based medical center. Data on both the Fuji AC1+ and the Fuji Digiscan 7000 is included. Reported downtime is divided into four categories; user induced, hardware, software, and preventive maintenance. Analysis of the distributions of these four categories in the context of the equipment's operational environment points out the impact of workload, interface complexity, preventive maintenance, and human factors upon both the number of equipment failures and the reason for the failures.

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John R. Romlein, Robert G. Leckie, Suzy Smith, Edward Quillin, and Matthew T. Freedman M.D. "Evaluation of specific PACS equipment components: operational and maintenance experience", Proc. SPIE 2164, Medical Imaging 1994: Image Capture, Formatting, and Display, (1 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174001

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