A distributed picture archiving and communications system for hospitals using image pre-fetching

A laboratory picture archiving and communications system for hospitals (PACS) was built which consists of a network, image acquisition stations, viewing stations, a relational database and an image storage system. Acceptable response times have been obtained by using a hierarchical image storage sys...

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Main Author: Reijns, G.L.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Communication standards
Delay
Hospitals
Image coding
Image databases
Image generation
Image storage
Picture archiving and communication systems
Relational databases
Software standards
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Summary:A laboratory picture archiving and communications system for hospitals (PACS) was built which consists of a network, image acquisition stations, viewing stations, a relational database and an image storage system. Acceptable response times have been obtained by using a hierarchical image storage system and by applying pre-fetching of image data at two levels. Response times provided by a performance model are compared with measured values obtained from the real system. To keep the cost down, our PACS has been built using standard software and standard protocols wherever possible.< >
DOI:10.1109/HICSS.1995.375630