Analyzing PACS Usage Patterns by Means of Process Mining: Steps Toward a More Detailed Workflow Analysis in Radiology

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-58

  Forsberg, Daniel ^a,b   Rosipko, Beverly ^b   Sunshine, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a Sectra Imtec   (Sweden)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chest radiographs; Data mining; Efficiency; PACS; Productivity; Workflow

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; EFFICIENCY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CHEST RADIOGRAPHS; INTERACTION PATTERN; INTERACTION PROCESS; PACS; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (PACS); POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RADIOLOGICAL IMAGES; WORKFLOW;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UTILIZATION; WORKFLOW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOLOGY; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84955413109     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-015-9824-2     Document Type: Article

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