Architecture of a high-performance PACS based on a shared file system

Robert A. Glicksman; Dennis L. Wilson; John H. Perry; Fred W. Prior

doi:10.1117/12.60319

1 July 1992 Architecture of a high-performance PACS based on a shared file system

Robert A. Glicksman, Dennis L. Wilson, John H. Perry, Fred W. Prior

Proceedings Volume 1654, Medical Imaging VI: PACS Design and Evaluation; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60319
Event: Medical Imaging VI, 1992, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The Picture Archive and Communication System developed by Loral Western Development Laboratories and Siemens Gammasonics Incorporated utilizes an advanced, high speed, fault tolerant image file server or Working Storage Unit (WSU) combined with 100 Mbit per second fiber optic data links. This central shared file server is capable of supporting the needs of more than one hundred workstations and acquisition devices at interactive rates. If additional performance is required, additional working storage units may be configured in a hyper-star topology. Specialized processing and display hardware is used to enhance Apple Macintosh personal computers to provide a family of low cost, easy to use, yet extremely powerful medical image workstations. The Siemens LiteboxTM application software provides a consistent look and feel to the user interface of all workstation in the family. Modern database and wide area communications technologies combine to support not only large hospital PACS but also outlying clinics and smaller facilities. Basic RIS functionality is integrated into the PACS database for convenience and data integrity.

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Robert A. Glicksman, Dennis L. Wilson, John H. Perry, and Fred W. Prior "Architecture of a high-performance PACS based on a shared file system", Proc. SPIE 1654, Medical Imaging VI: PACS Design and Evaluation, (1 July 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60319

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