14th International EuroPACS Meeting, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 3-5 October 1996: Medical image informatics infrastructure design and applications

H. K. Huang, S. T.C. Wong, E. Pietka

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Abstract

Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) is a system integration of multimodality images and health information systems designed for improving the operation of a radiology department. As it evolves, PACS becomes a hospital image document management system with a voluminous image and related data file repository. A medical image informatics infrastructure can be designed to take advantage of existing data, providing PACS with add-on value for health care service, research, anti education. A medical image informatics infrastructure (MIII) consists of the following components: medical images and associated data (including PACS database), image processing, data/knowledge base management, visualization, graphic user interface, communication networking, and application oriented software. This paper describes these components and their logical connection, and illustrates some applications based on the concept of the MIII.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)279-289
Number of pages11
JournalMedical Informatics
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

Keywords

  • Image content retrieval
  • Image informatics
  • Infrastructure design
  • Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Informatics

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