Pacs and Digital Medicine: Essential Principles and Modern Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367577100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 367 str.

Yu Liu; Jihong Wang

Opis

This useful guide presents key principles and practical steps for PACS and EHR implementations and maintenance. It explains how PACS are used in radiology, teleradiology, cardiology, pathology, and radiation oncology. The authors cover PACS system components, quality control, IT infrastructures, networks, and data storage technologies.

Spis treści

Introduction. PACS Servers and Workstations. Imaging Display Devices in PACS. Networking Technologies. Data Storage. Healthcare Information Integration. Teleradiology. Practical PACS Implementation. Upgrade and Replacing Legacy PACS. Enterprise PACS. Electronic Health Record and Personal Health Record Implementation. Quality Control, Security, and Downtime Management. Index.

O autorze

Yu Liu, Ph.D., DABR, is a senior imaging physicist certified by the American Board of Radiology. He works in the radiology department at St. Luke’s Medical Center of Aurora Healthcare in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 1997, he has been involved in PACS implementation and operation. He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Duke University.

Jihong Wang, Ph.D., DABR, is an associate professor at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He implemented the first major PACS system for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas while he was a faculty member there from 1996–2004. He earned his Ph.D. in medical physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.