Educational RIS/PACS simulator

Zheng Zhou; Maria Y. Y. Law; H. K. Huang; Fei Cao; Brent J. Liu; Jianguo Zhang; Greg T. Mogel; Jun Zhuang

doi:10.1117/12.481940

19 May 2003 Educational RIS/PACS simulator

Zheng Zhou, Maria Y. Y. Law, H. K. Huang, Fei Cao, Brent J. Liu, Jianguo Zhang, Greg T. Mogel, Jun Zhuang

Proceedings Volume 5033, Medical Imaging 2003: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481940
Event: Medical Imaging 2003, 2003, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Many educational courses have been designed for training radiologists and allied healthcare providers to operate PACS workstations. There are yet tools available for educational training of PACS concepts and workflow analysis. We have designed and implemented a RIS/PACS Simulator for this purpose. The RIS/PACS Simulator consists of six key components simulating a typical clinical RIS/PACS: RIS simulator, acquisition modality Simulator (AMS), DICOM gateway, PACS controller (UNIX-based), clinical viewing workstation, and network infrastructure with a 100mbits/sec Ethernet switch connecting to all these components. A generic RIS and a generic DICOM compliant PACS software package are used to simulate normal clinical data flow. Using this simulator, trainees can: 1. Observe clinical RIS/PACS operation, component by component 2. Trace image flow through each component 3. Identify PACS data flow bottle neck 4. Induce failure in a component to observe its impact on the PACS workflow and operation RIS/PACS simulator is a valuable tool for participants to gain knowledge of the complexity of RIS/PACS data flow with hands-on experience. As a stand-alone system, it also becomes a good test bed for evaluation of medical imaging applications without interrupting clinical workflow.

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Zheng Zhou, Maria Y. Y. Law, H. K. Huang, Fei Cao, Brent J. Liu, Jianguo Zhang, Greg T. Mogel, and Jun Zhuang "Educational RIS/PACS simulator", Proc. SPIE 5033, Medical Imaging 2003: PACS and Integrated Medical Information Systems: Design and Evaluation, (19 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.481940

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