Simulation of a hospital picture archiving and control system (PACS)
G. R. Lawrence, G. A. Marin, S. E. Naron · 1985
The nation's hospitals have long used distributed data processing as a means of reducing operational costs and providing timely service. Radiology Departments are now also taking advantage of these facilities in order to decrease the cost of producing and archiving radiological images. Today a typical medium scale hospital consumes large quantities of silver oxide film which, along with attendant labor costs, is expensive compared with costs for digital image processing technology now available. Using this technology large image files can be stored and retrieved through local area networks that can also support the transaction traffic essential in a hospital environment. The evolving systems are called Picture Archiving and Control Systems (PACS).