ATM-distributed PACS server for ICU application

Joseph K. Lee; Albert W. K. Wong; H. K. Huang; Todd M. Bazzill; Jianguo Zhang; Katherine P. Andriole

doi:10.1117/12.239253

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1 May 1996 ATM-distributed PACS server for ICU application

Joseph K. Lee, Albert W. K. Wong, H. K. Huang, Todd M. Bazzill, Jianguo Zhang, Katherine P. Andriole

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Proceedings Volume 2711, Medical Imaging 1996: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239253
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

In order for PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) to better serve our intensive care units (ICUs), we, at University of California, San Francisco, have designed and developed a client/server application that is specifically tailored to provide fast, reliable access to our PACS data from diagnostic viewing stations in the ICUs. One of our utmost design criteria is to ensure consistent delivery of high speed, high performance data throughput, and yet, the system should be cost-effective and render minimal maintenance. As high technology advances, we are able to utilize powerful mass storage device such as raid disk, which serves as a central image repository, to store images and data. We are also able to utilize Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology, which is regarded as the prevailing technology for reliable, high speed data communications, to transfer large imagery data sets across systems and networks. This paper describes the design and mechanism of how ICU viewing stations take advantages of sharing a high performance raid disk, and ATM technology in data transfer for timely delivery of images in a clinical setting.

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Joseph K. Lee, Albert W. K. Wong, H. K. Huang, Todd M. Bazzill, Jianguo Zhang, and Katherine P. Andriole "ATM-distributed PACS server for ICU application", Proc. SPIE 2711, Medical Imaging 1996: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (1 May 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.239253

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