MODULE 6: PACS Components

Question 1

Six Main Components of PACS System

Answer 1

1. Image Acquisition
2. Communication Network
3. Patient Data
4. Display of images
5. Recordings Archive
6. Web Server

Question 2

Requires the existence of medical devices with the appropriate interface of PACS

Answer 2

Image Acquisition

Question 3

international standard for defining the mode of transmission of medical information and images that provides interoperability between different devices

Answer 3

DICOM

Question 4

Simple and easy-to-use Windows application for converting medical image files between different image form

Answer 4

Medical Image Converter

Question 5

can export whatever DICOM file you have to BMP, GIF, JPG, TIF, or WMF. If there is a series of images, it also supports saving them to a video file in the WMV or AVI format.

Answer 5

MicroDicom program

Question 6

Transmits images and attached data

Answer 6

Communication Network

Question 7

• is contained in HIS, RIS and PACS
• PACS used to view the images and The RIS used to view the result and the patient’s Information

Answer 7

Patient Data

Question 8

-is the standard that enables the integration of HIS and RIS to the PACS System.

• Are a set of international standards used to transfer and share data between various healthcare providers.
• Aims to make sharing data easy which reduces the administrative burden on providers and staff while improving care delivery

Answer 8

HL7 - Health Level Seven, (7th OSI layer protocol)

Question 9

What does OSI stand for?

Answer 9

Open System Interconnection

Question 10

a shared boundary across which 2 or more separate components of a computer system that exchange information

Answer 10

Interface

Question 11

• Done via personal computer in the office
• The qualities of personal computers in the office are reflected in the monitor’s physical characteristics.

Answer 11

Display of Images

Question 12

Computers need to have an _____________ interface with the possibility to adjust image contrast, zoom and move images and display data of the patient

Answer 12

interactive user

Question 13

A system for archiving recordings should be centralized (under a single authority), with support for DICOM and HL7 standards

Answer 13

Recordings’ Archive

Question 14

Application that resides on a Web server should provide adequate access and display of data to employees in medical institutions and distant users.

Answer 14

Web server

Question 15

Radiology Department Effectiveness

Answer 15

Less:
- exam time & effort
- inefficiency and error
- diagnostic uncertainty
- patient risk
- exam inaccuracy
- IT footprint/ support

Question 15

Radiology Department Effectiveness

Answer 15

Less:
- exam time & effort
- inefficiency & error
- diagnostic uncertainty
- patient risk
- exam inaccuracy
- IT footprint/ support

Question 16

• Standard for handling, storing, printing and transmission of information in medicine
• A set of rules that allows the exchange of medical images and information between computers and hospitals.
• Establishes a common language that enables the usage of images and information, made on one type of manufacturers’ equipment, in digital systems of other

Answer 16

DICOM

Question 17

______ provide storage and convenient access to medical images such as ultrasounds, MRIs, CTs, and X-rays.

Answer 17

PACS

Question 18

_______ consists of files, definitions, and network protocol communication. Files in this format are most likely saved with either a .dcm or .dcm30 (DICOM 3.0) file extension, but some may not have an extension at all

Answer 18

DICOM

Question 19

The Basic Functions of DICOM

Answer 19

1. Communication and sharing of digital medical images, regardless of the manufacturer; to enable PACS to become a part of HIS, RIS, and other information systems;
2. To ensure that the database of medical images become available irrespective of browser distance;
3. To enable the functioning of teleradiograph

Question 20

DICOM disadvantages arise in:

Answer 20

1. the database and image processing;
2. Simultaneous display of multiple images on the monitor when the quality of individual images is decreased or certain segments are cut off;
3. Appearance of false coloring which appears in the adjacent gray level, false coloring in contrasting colors, etc.

Question 21

Form of medical information system, which requires the use of telecommunications systems the form of:
1. Satellite
2. Internet
3. Mobile phones
4. Computer

Answer 21

Teleradiology

Question 22

Searching For data transfer, teleradiology uses the
______________________________________ of multimedia content at high speed.

Answer 22

Global System for Mobile Telecommunications (GSM), General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and 3G systems, which allow the transmission

Question 23

The development of mobile radiology is linked to

Answer 23

Marie Sklowdoska Curie

Question 23

The development of mobile radiology is linked to

Answer 23

Marie Sklowdoska Curie

Question 24

During _____, Marie Curie left her Lab behind, inventing a mobile x-ray unit that could travel to the battlefront. (Little Curie; trained 150 women to operate it)

Answer 24

WWI

Question 25

The first diagnostic radiology app; Mobile device app viewing in radiology

Answer 25

Mobile MIM, 2011

Question 26

The relevant features of mobile phones for mobile radiology in teleradiology are:

Answer 26

- 3 inches wide screens - light from 250 cdl - RAM memory of 256 Mb - 800 MHz processor - mobile internet that supports HTML5 standard & JavaScript