PACS - Picture Archiving and Communication System
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), is a medical imaging technology used for storing, retrieving, presenting and sharing images produced by various medical hardware modalities, such as X-ray, CT scan, MRI and ultrasound machines. PACS is widely used in Radiology Departments in hospitals, Diagnostic Centers and Health Systems. In addition to sharing images within hospitals and health systems, a PACS can integrate with external health systems too.
Medical imaging has a standard format called "Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine" (DICOM). DICOM is a protocol that enables the sharing of images and other medical information. DICOM enables PACS technologies, Radiology Information Systems (RIS) to connect with and transfer health data to other healthcare system.
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PACS Features
Salient features
- Multi-modality
- Multi-Site connectivity
- Ability to edit patient/study information
- DICOM Receive, Query/Retrieve, Storage
- Ability to merge patient records
- DICOM send, import, print, archive & burn
- CD/media
- Commit, Global Modality Work List
- DICOM Receiver
- MWL Service
- MPPS Service
- ORM / OBX listener
- PACS Broker
Advanced Features
- Cloud based PACS
- Store all images to centralised server
- Simultaneous access from multiple viewing stations
- Studies / reports viewed by physicians
- All standard DICOM viewing tools
- Derive & export old series to new
- Hanging Protocols
- HL7 and DICOM Modality Work list
- Scalable:Multi location and Multiple modality
- Fastest lossless image transfer
- Advanced processing tools
- Access through mobile
- Zero footprint web viewer
- Consistent Image quality
- Customizable User views
- Active Collaboration features