General Guidelines for Purchasing and Acceptance Testing of PACS Equipment

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 313-334

  Samei, Ehsan ^a   Seibert, J Anthony ^b   Andriole, Katherine ^c   Badano, Aldo ^d   Crawford, Jay ^e   Reiner, Bruce ^f   Flynn, Michael J ^g   Chang, Paul ^h  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ctr Devices Radiological Hlth   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Images, storage and retrieval; Picture archiving and communication system (PACS)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; REVIEW; COMPUTER INTERFACE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION;

DATA DISPLAY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 1642538221     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.241035137     Document Type: Review

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