High performance networking architecture for PACS

Andreas Keizers; Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht; C. Schilling; F. Vossebuerger

doi:10.1117/12.160491

29 October 1993 High-performance networking architecture for PACS

Andreas Keizers, Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht, C. Schilling, F. Vossebuerger

Proceedings Volume 1977, Video Communications and PACS for Medical Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160491
Event: Video Communications and Fiber Optic Networks, 1993, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

A comprehensive analysis of image communication requirements in hospitals led to the conclusion that current-state LANs do not offer the data throughput necessary to perform the basic functionality of Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), the image collection and the storage, under routine workload. Extended PACS functionalities like online consultation sessions and remote image processing will even require more data transmission capacity of the networks. As images are carriers for the most comprehensive form of diagnostic information their very high data volume, e.g. 50 Mbit for a x-ray chest image, only lossless compression algorithms are acceptable. The compression will at most reduce the throughput requirements by a factor of 3 and bring additional complexity into the PACS. Thus image networking is a central issue for PACS.

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Andreas Keizers, Dietrich Meyer-Ebrecht, C. Schilling, and F. Vossebuerger "High-performance networking architecture for PACS", Proc. SPIE 1977, Video Communications and PACS for Medical Applications, (29 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.160491

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