Performance of a partial PACS and its application to the development of a fully integrated digital medical imaging department in a community hospital

Josip Nosil; Duncan L. Scobie; Gerald C. Justice; R. P. Clark; Gordon W. Ritchie; Wilhelm Juergen Weigl; Hartmut Gnoyke; Paul Douglas Fisher

doi:10.1117/12.19008

1 August 1990 Performance of a partial PACS and its application to the development of a fully integrated digital medical imaging department in a community hospital

Josip Nosil, Duncan L. Scobie, Gerald C. Justice, R. P. Clark, Gordon W. Ritchie, Wilhelm Juergen Weigl, Hartmut Gnoyke, Paul Douglas Fisher

Author Affiliations +

Proceedings Volume 1234, Medical Imaging IV: PACS Systems Design and Evaluation; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19008
Event: Medical Imaging '90, 1990, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Victoria General Hospital, which is a part of the Greater Victoria Hospital Society, is a 443 bed community hospital with a full-service medical imaging department that includes MRI. In August 1987, four rooms (chest radiography, GI fluorography, CT, and cardiac angiography) were connected to a Picture Archive and Communications System (PACS). We present the experience gained from two years of study with this prototype PACS and briefly describe its hardware and software configuration. Reported in detail is the measured image transfer performance of the PACS for each of the four image sources. Conventional films require more than 150 seconds from exposure to film availability for reporting. Using PACS, chest and GI images take 77 seconds per image from exposure to viewing, 31 secs for CT, and 40 secs for general angiography. The elapsed times with PACS between the various software processes for each modality, and those needed to set up image archive folders are detailed. The present imaging equipment at VGH, a typical community hospital, is specified and is to be integrated into a department-wide PACS. Required PACS performance levels relative to the clinical demands are described, and compared with the current PACS. The information and experience acquired by testing the VGH PACS has been used in the planning of the full implementation of PACS at VGH (ref. 10. Fisher et al). The next phase (3C) of PACS implementation is described.

Citation Download Citation

Josip Nosil, Duncan L. Scobie, Gerald C. Justice, R. P. Clark, Gordon W. Ritchie, Wilhelm Juergen Weigl, Hartmut Gnoyke, and Paul Douglas Fisher "Performance of a partial PACS and its application to the development of a fully integrated digital medical imaging department in a community hospital", Proc. SPIE 1234, Medical Imaging IV: PACS Systems Design and Evaluation, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19008

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available