A PACS archive architecture supported on cloud services

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 349-358

  Bastião Silva, Luís A ^a   Costa, Carlos ^a   Oliveira, José Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; DICOM; Medical imaging; PAC S; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84862979352     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-011-0625-x     Document Type: Review

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