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PACS/ 3-D Imaging
PACS/ 3-D Imaging
PACS/ 3-D Imaging
The Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS) Support group ensures that the clinical information and images required for the department of Radiology are stored appropriately, available to end users, and that the supporting clinical content is associate with the images to provide a comprehensive platform to allow for timely and accurate diagnosis.
The goal of the PACS team can be summarized by the goal of providing the right information to the right place at the right time. Image integration of New and Existing Modalities, system interfaces, appropriate access to information systems, first line networking issues, archival and retrieval of studies, and other functions ensure that the necessary information is accurate and timely.
Systems
There are several systems required to ensure that the required information is available through the department. PACS works in conjunction with Information Services to monitor and/or maintain the following systems and the information interconnections between the systems.
• Hospital Information System (HIS) Siemens A2K
• Scheduling System GE Scheduling
• Radiology Information System (RIS) RadPlus
• PACS Agfa IMPAX
• PACSWeb Agfa Web1000
• Clinical Results Repository WebCIS
• Voice Recognition Agfa Talk Technology
• Advanced Visualization TeraRecon Aquarius
Image Data
The PACS team is responsible for integrating new and existing modalities in the PACS so that images are delivered in an accurate state. The functions provided by the team include network optimization, DICOM connectivity, Image Verification, Image Routing, and Archival.
Clinical Data
Patient demographic information is received through an interface into the RIS from SMS or the Scheduling System. The team ensures the accuracy of this information and delivers the information to the Radiologist’s PACS desktop associated with the relevant images.
Resultant Reports are available through WebCIS, Web1000, or the PACS
Services Provided:
Password Problems and resets
Reconciliation of unverified Studies
Interface Monitoring
Business and Productivity Reporting
| Links | Description |
| AGFA | Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic image management solutions, and state-of-the-art systems for capturing and processing images in hospitals and healthcare facilities. Agfa HealthCare has over a century of healthcare experience related to diagnostic imaging and has been a pioneer in the healthcare IT market since the early 1990's. |
| TeraRecon, Inc. | TeraRecon is a technology solutions provider of advanced 3D imaging systems for medical and industrial applications. These solutions are based on TeraRecon's unique image processing technologies that are designed to advance the performance, quality, functionality, and integration of image processing and 3D visualization systems. Founded in 1997, TeraRecon has developed a unique family of powerful processors that are used in its real-time diagnostic workstations, network-attached streaming servers, high performance reconstruction engines, and real-time volume rendering hardware engines. |