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14 Cards in this Set
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Types of PACS systems
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Mini and Full PACS systems
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Mini PACS
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Strictly for storage of images - can be categorized, storied, manipulated, etc.... but no text is attached.
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Full PACS
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Has full interface capabilities with RIS and HIS so you can add text such as patient history, lab results, etc...
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Major components of a Full PACS system
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- Image acquisition
- Image archiving - Study accessibility and Distribution - RIS/HIS interfacing - QC Management |
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Major components of a Full PACS system - Image acquisition
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Includes interfacing and networking abilities for image acquisition.
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Major components of a Full PACS system - Image Archiving
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Includes compression, DICOM standards, Short term and Long term storage capabilities
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Major components of a Full PACS system - Study Accessibility and Distribution
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Includes retrieval, image uploading, and file sharing capabilities (w/in or outside of the system to include web-based, client-based, etc...).
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Major components of a Full PACS system - RIS/HIS Interfacing
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These are all the software capabilities to interface patient data, the worklist (for techs and rads), study interpretation and dictation, and workflow management.
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Major components of a Full PACS system - QC Management
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Includes quality control management capabilities includingn department efficiency (repeat, reject analysis), department scheduling, cost analysis, and department objective/goal planning.
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PACS System Equipment Needed
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- Network
- Servers - Software (image management and interfacing) - Storage Devices (long and short term) - Workstations |
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Workstation Requirements for a PACS
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Diagnostic to include:
- 2K x 1.5K - 2.5K - 8-10 bit depth - 700 cd/m2 (luminence standards) |
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PACS Advantages
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- Decreased acquisition steps and time
- Decreased access time for Rads - Decreased wait time for clinicians and patients - Decreased work time for techs - Increased image and interpretation accessability - Decreased incidence of misplaced or lost films/interpretations |
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PACS Concerns
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- Initial cost is prohibitive
- Training - Maintenance of equipment, database, storage devices, network, etc... - Memory (5 year minimum storage requirement. Example: 75,000 studies X 5 years of archiving...) |
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New 3D PACS
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Provides new manipulation capabilities for Rads. They can combine images to see 3D representations of the patient anatomy and physiology.
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