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Author Peck, Alexander, author

Title Clark's Essential PACS, RIS and Imaging Informatics
Edition First edition
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource : text file, PDF
Series Clark's Companion Essential Guides
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; About the Author; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: Informatics in Radiology; What is Imaging Informatics?; History and Development; Human Factors; Chapter 2: Basic IT for Radiographers; Hardware; Software; Chapter 3: Image Acquisition; Single Image Modalities; Multi-Slice Modalities; Hybrid Modalities; Specialist Applications; Engineering; Chapter 4: PACS, Vendor Neutral Archives and Picture Storage; Picture Archiving and Communication Systems; Components
Image Lifecycle ManagementDeconstructed PACS and Open Source PACS; VNA; Supplier Neutral Archives; Enterprise Archives; Image Viewing; Importing and Exporting Images to a PACS; Differences Between Departmental PACS; Housekeeping; Chapter 5: RIS, MPI and other Text Systems; Radiology Information System; Master Patient Index; Electronic Patient Record; eRequesting; Dose Management/Dose Monitoring Software; National Healthcare Numbers (National Patient Identifiers); Wider NHS Services; Chapter 6: Integrating with other Systems
Towards the Interoperability of Clinical Information Systems: A HistoryAchieving Interoperability; Infrastructure Decisions/Options; Key Building Blocks of Interoperability; Current Flows (with Limited Interoperability); Current Common Information Flows for Patients Needing Diagnostics; Conceptual Future Interoperability Flows; Chapter 7: Image Reporting and Interpretation; Core Functions of Reporting; Clinical Decision Support Input; Informal Commenting and Alerting at Acquisition; Reporting and Productivity Tools; Modern Imaging Informatics Processes; Chapter 8: DICOM
History and DevelopmentThe Function of DICOM; Common DICOM Terms; Basic DICOM File Movement Operations; Conformance Statements; Modality Performed Procedure Step; Composite Instances; The DICOM File; The DICOM Header; UIDs; Public Tags versus Private Tags; Photometric Interpretations; Viewing DICOM Images Outside of PACS; Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging; Principles of XDS-I; Chapter 9: HL7; History and Development; The Function of HL7; Inside a HL7 Message; Message Types; IHE; FHIR; Chapter 10: Data Sharing and Teleradiology; History of Radiological Image Sharing
Methods of Sharing Radiological ImagesReasons for Sharing Radiological Data; Electronic Sharing Methods; The National Image Exchange Portal; Regional Sharing; North-West PACS Portal; Teleradiology; Chapter 11: QA and Medical Physics Considerations; Display Monitors; Reporting Environment; Staff; Business Continuity; Disaster Recovery; Image Acquisition Faults; Testing; Chapter 12: Clinicians' Information Needs: A Clinician's Perspective; The Patient Journey: Radiographers as Producers, Clinicians as Consumers; Traditional Medical Practice; Modern Medical Practice
Summary "Imaging informatics is a complex and historically rapidly changing field, knowledge of which is central to the practice of all imaging specialists. This convenient pocket guide provides the foundations of knowledge in informatics, allowing radiographers in training and in practice, assistant practitioners and other allied health professionals to understand, use and develop more efficient ways of imaging that will in turn deliver improved patient care."--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Picture archiving and communication systems in medicine.
Diagnostic imaging.
Radiology Information Systems
Diagnostic Imaging
MEDICAL -- Diagnostic Imaging -- General.
MEDICAL -- Instruments & Supplies.
Diagnostic imaging
Picture archiving and communication systems in medicine
Form Electronic book
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