The future of PACS

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2676-2682

  Nagy, Paul G ^a  

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

Author keywords

Information systems; Moore's law; PACS; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEDICAL IMAGING;

CONE BEAM RECONSTRUCTION; DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNERS; MOORE'S LAW; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PACS); TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS;

PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; HUMAN; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FORECASTING; HUMANS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347382974     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2743097     Document Type: Review

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