In recent years the field of picture archiving and communications systems - PACS - and image informatics has advanced due to both conceptual and technological developments. This book is the ultimate reference work by the founder of PACS and image informatics, Dr. H.K. "Bernie" Huang. The new third edition of this well-received book on this growing subject addresses the latest in PACS, from the electronic patient record to the full range of topics in digital imaging. Thoroughly revised but building upon its two previous editions, the third edition uses the framework of image informatics,...