Introduction; Introduction to RIS and PACS; PACS Strategic Plan and Needs Assessment; Creating the PACS Request for Proposal and Selecting a Vendor; Reengineering Workflow: A Focus on Personnel and Process; Reengineering Workflow: The Radiologist'S Perspective; Financial Modeling; Legal Issues and Formal Policies; Computer Fundamentals; Digital Imaging Fundamentals; Image Acquisition; Image Compression; PACS Architecture; Networking Fundamentals; Servers and Operating Systems; Storage and Enterprise Archiving; Image Displays; Digital Mammography; Web Distribution; PACS Workstation Software; Breast Imaging, Computer-Aided Detection, and Computer-Assisted ClassificationThree-Dimensional Imaging in Radiology; Voice Recognition; Order Entry in Radiology; Digital Teaching Files and Education; Teleradiology
Summary
Explains the technological advances associated with the transition of radiology departments to filmless environments. This title seeks to provide insight into technologies for physicians, administrators, and other groups. It addresses the topics in literature with regard to the generation, transfer, interpretation, and distribution of images
