An Image Archive With The ACR/NEMA Message Formats
Sridhar Belavadi Seshadri, Satjeet S. Khalsa, Ronald L. Arenson, Inna Brikman, Michael J. Davey · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1988
An image archive has been designed to manage and store radiologic images received from within the main Hospital and a from a suburban orthopedic clinic. Images are stored on both magnetic as well as optical media. Prior comparison examinations are combined with the current examination to generate a 'viewing folder' that is sent to the display station for primary diagnosis. An 'archive-manager' controls the database managment, periodic optical disk backup and 'viewing-folder' generation. Images are converted into the ACR/NEMA message format before being written to the optical disk. The software design of the 'archive-manager' and its associated modules is presented. Enhancements to the system are discussed.