PACS Fumdamentals

Time & Place:

Instructor:
Jun Ni, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Department of Radiology, Carver College of Medicine,
Biomedical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Tel: (319) 335-9490
E-mail: jun-ni@uiowa.edu

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Textbook:
K.J. Dreyer, D.S. Hirschorn, J.H. Thrall, A. (Eds.) Mehta, "Pacs: A Guide to the Digital Revolution," by Springer-Verlag New York, 2006, Second Edition

 

 

 

Class Lecture Notes:
Additional notes or handouts may be available in classroom.

Course Description: this course is primarily designed for radiology staff, including administrators, radiologists, and technologists. It is also intended for others in the medical field, particularly those with an interest in IT management in hospital information system and hospital management system. The course covers administrative matters such as the purchase of a PACS system, legal issues, and PACS incorporation into the department workflow. It covers technical matters such as some basic discussions of digital imaging, computer standards, and architecture and image acquisition and image display hardware. Finally, it describes the clinical issues related to the order, display, and reporting software used in a PACS system. The course details the RFP process for choosing asystem, the evaluation of workflow changes experienced by current users of the system, and the technical descriptions of current architecture and archiving configurations employed in PACS. Other topics are covered more generally with fewer specific details. Teh objective of this course is to aid in the understanding of the role, value, and impact of PACS in a radiology department. It is especially designed for medical residents in radiology education program

Pre-requisites: TBD

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