Evaluation Of Digital Image File Storage Requirements And Creation Rates

Robert M. Witt; Robert W. Burt

doi:10.1117/12.975466

12 June 1986 Evaluation Of Digital Image File Storage Requirements And Creation Rates

Robert M. Witt, Robert W. Burt

Proceedings Volume 0626, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems; (1986) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.975466
Event: Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS IV) for Medical Applications, 1986, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Estimates have been made for the amount of digital storage capacity necessary and the data creation rates for the nuclear medicine portion of an all digital radiology department. After installation, the number of computer studies performed, image files created and bytes archived for each month increased with time. There was a high correspondence between the number of computer studies performed and (1) the number of new image files created (r=0.95) and (2) the total number of pytes archived (r=0.82). The average number of bytes created per work-day was 5.6 x 10⁶ Experience with our nuclear medicine system seems to indicate that when planning a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) installation (1) the amount of necessary online storage may increase and continue to increase after installation and (2) our estimate of nuclear medicine digital images creation rates agree with previous estimates l.

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Robert M. Witt and Robert W. Burt "Evaluation Of Digital Image File Storage Requirements And Creation Rates", Proc. SPIE 0626, Application of Optical Instrumentation in Medicine XIV and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems, (12 June 1986); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.975466

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