By H. K. Huang
The definitive consultant to PACS — now with extra clinically acceptable material
In fresh years, the sphere of photograph archiving and communications systems—PACS—and photograph informatics has complex as a result of either conceptual and technological developments. This version of PACS and Imaging Informatics: simple ideas and functions addresses the newest during this interesting box. unlike the former variation, this up to date textual content makes use of the framework of photograph informatics, now not physics or engineering rules, to provide an explanation for PACS. it's the merely source that completely covers the severe problems with hardware/software layout and implementation in a scientific and simply understandable manner.
To develop and replace the ebook, the author:
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Emphasizes medical functions of PACS and integrates scientific examples through the text
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Reflects the various adjustments within the box, with new chapters on Web-based PACS, protection, integrating the healthcare firm, medical administration platforms, and the digital sufferer record
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Uses the framework of imaging informatics to give an explanation for PACS, making the e-book obtainable to these with no complicated wisdom of physics, engineering, math, or info technology
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Explains how PACS can enhance workflow, treatment, and treatment
With the main systematic and thorough assurance of useful purposes to be had, this article is the whole advisor for all these thinking about designing, imposing, and utilizing PACS. pros in scientific and allied future health imaging informatics; radiologists and their technical employees; surgeons and oncologists and their groups; scientific and digital engineers; scientific informaticians; and fellows, graduate scholars, and complex undergraduates will all make the most of this important resource.
"An first-class publication for individuals considering the layout, implementation, or just the operations of PACS and a suitable textbook."
—From a evaluate of the former variation in IEEE Engineering in medication and Biology
"The energy of the booklet lies within the significant adventure of the writer, who has applied PACS at a number of associations within the usa and abroad."
—From a evaluate of the former version in Radiology
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I have trained many engineers and health care providers from different parts of the world, who visit our laboratory for short, intensive PACS training sessions and return to their respective institutes or countries to implement their own PACS. I have learned much through these interactions on a wide variety of issues, including image management, system fault tolerance, security, implementation and evaluation, and PACS training [Part 3: PACS Operation (Chapters 13–18)]. My recent three-year involvement in the massive Hong Kong Healthcare PACS and image distribution planning involving 44 public hospitals and 92% of the health care marketplace has prompted me to look more closely into questions of the balance between technology and cost in enterprise-level implementation.
Some materials used in this book were culled from these papers. I would be remiss in not acknowledging the debt of gratitude owed many wonderful colleagues for this adventure in PACS, and now imaging informatics. I thank Drs. Edmund Anthony Franken, Gabriel Wilson, Robert Leslie Bennett, and Hooshang Kangarloo for their encouragement and past support. I can never forget my many students and postdoctoral fellows; I have learned much (and continue to learn even now) from their contributions. S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the California Breast Research Program, the Federal Technology Transfer Program, and the private medical imaging industry.
They now look for web-based solutions so that some of the work can be done at home and other locations. Telecommunications has allowed for transmittal of images to remote locations for more timely interpretation and additional support for taxing workflow issues. PACS installations have generated a thorough examination of the workflow in large radiology departments. It has been recognized that the introduction of PACS must be accompanied with a thorough review of the workflow in a department and medical center or enterprise to gain the most out of the investment.