Guidelines for cost-effective implementation of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems an approach building on practical experiences in three European hospitals

International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 161-178

  Van Gennip, E M S J ^a   Enning, John ^a   Fischer, Frank ^e   Glaser, Karl Heinz ^e   Kilbinger, Markus ^b   Klose, Klaus Jochen ^c   List Hellwig, Elisabeth ^c   Van Der Loo, Ruud ^b   Rechid, Renas ^c   Van Den Broeck, Renaat ^d   Wein, Berthold ^b  

^a HISCOM   (Netherlands)

^b Dept of Diagn Radiol of the U ^*

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^e RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evaluation; PACS

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; MEDICAL COMPUTING;

PICTURE ARCHIVING;

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0030482348     PISSN: 00207101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7101(96)01201-9     Document Type: Article

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