Application driven strategies for efficient transfer of medical images over very high speed networks

Yasser H. Alsafadi; Kevin M. McNeill; Ralph Martinez

doi:10.1117/12.152889

8 September 1993 Application-driven strategies for efficient transfer of medical images over very high speed networks

Yasser H. Alsafadi, Kevin M. McNeill, Ralph Martinez

Proceedings Volume 1899, Medical Imaging 1993: PACS Design and Evaluation; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152889
Event: Medical Imaging 1993, 1993, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

The American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturing Association (NEMA) in 1982 formed the ACR-NEMA committee to develop a standard to enable equipment from different vendors to communicate and participate in a picture archiving and communications system (PACS). The standard focused mostly on interconnectivity issues and communication needs of PACS. It was patterned after the international standards organization open systems interconnection (ISO/OSI) reference model. Three versions of the standard appeared, evolving from simple point-to-point specification of connection between two medical devices to a complex standard of a network environment. However, fast changes in network software and hardware technologies makes it difficult for the standard to keep pace. This paper compares two versions of the ACR-NEMA standard and then describes a system that is used at the University of Arizona Intensive Care Unit. In this system, the application should specify the interface to network services and grade of service required. These provisions are suggested to make the application independent from evolving network technology and support true open systems.

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Yasser H. Alsafadi, Kevin M. McNeill, and Ralph Martinez "Application-driven strategies for efficient transfer of medical images over very high speed networks", Proc. SPIE 1899, Medical Imaging 1993: PACS Design and Evaluation, (8 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.152889

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