Integration Of An MR Image Network Into A Clinical PACS

Osman M. Ratib; Nicholas J. Mankovich; Ricky K. Taira; Paul S. Cho; H. K. Huang

doi:10.1117/12.968793

27 June 1988 Integration Of An MR Image Network Into A Clinical PACS

Osman M. Ratib, Nicholas J. Mankovich, Ricky K. Taira, Paul S. Cho, H. K. Huang

Proceedings Volume 0914, Medical Imaging II; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968793
Event: Medical Imaging II, 1988, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

A direct link between a clinical pediatric PACS module and a FONAR MRI image network was implemented. The original MR network combines together the MR scanner, a remote viewing station and a central archiving station. The pediatric PACS directly connects to the archiving unit through an Ethernet TCP-IP network adhering to FONAR's protocol. The PACS communication software developed supports the transfer of patient studies and the patient information directly from the MR archive database to the pediatric PACS. In the first phase of our project we developed a package to transfer data between a VAX-111750 and the IBM PC I AT-based MR archive database through the Ethernet network. This system served as a model for PACS-to-modality network communication. Once testing was complete on this research network, the software and network hardware was moved to the clinical pediatric VAX for full PACS integration. In parallel to the direct transmission of digital images to the Pediatric PACS, a broadband communication system in video format was developed for real-time broadcasting of images originating from the MR console to 8 remote viewing stations distributed in the radiology department. These analog viewing stations allow the radiologists to directly monitor patient positioning and to select the scan levels during a patient examination from remote locations in the radiology department. This paper reports (1) the technical details of this implementation, (2) the merits of this network development scheme, and (3) the performance statistics of the network-to-PACS interface.

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Osman M. Ratib, Nicholas J. Mankovich, Ricky K. Taira, Paul S. Cho, and H. K. Huang "Integration Of An MR Image Network Into A Clinical PACS", Proc. SPIE 0914, Medical Imaging II, (27 June 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.968793

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Magnetic resonance imaging

Picture Archiving and Communication System

Telecommunications

Software development

Databases

Image transmission

Image processing

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