PICTURE ARCHIVING WITH THE SZOTE PACS
FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES
Csernay L., Sóti Zs.+, Almási L.+, Kuba A.*
Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Dept. of Medical Informatics+, Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical University, Dept. of Applied Informatics, József Attila University*
Introduction:
Digital image transport and archiving necessitates replacing the slides used for the archiving of radiology images for scientific purpose by an up-to-date digital storage.
Method:
A method has been developed in the framework of the Picture Archiving and Communication System of University (SZOTE PACS) for the storage selected images. The image format is DICOM, a standard widely used in radiology.
Results:
To identify and select the images, another standard is used, HTML. The selected images can be processed and displayed with the OSIRIS program (available for PC and UNIX workstations world-wide), which is used in the SZOTE PACS for the presentation of images. From the catalogue system of lists of patients and diagnoses, studies can be stored in CD-ROM.
Discussion/conclusion:
The reasons for distinguishing routine and scientific image archiving include: reducing the network traffic, easy retrieval (name and diagnostics) and the positive personal experience in possessing the private images. The CD-ROMs are made in two parts: one for the radiologist compiling the studies and the other for the library of the department. The images in the CD-ROM can be processed and then converted to GIF image format for making slides or films from them. Every CD-ROM contains the catalogues of other CD-ROMs made earlier. Selecting a catalogue reveals the study list of a particular disk. In such a way, the continuously made CD-ROMs are retrospectively associated with those made earlier.
Corresponding author:
Csernay L., Almási L.+, Kuba A.*
Dept. of Nuclear Medicine,
Dept. of Medical Informatics+,
Szent-Györgyi Albert Medical University, Dept. of Applied Informatics,
József Attila University*
Szeged, Hungary
Oral presentation at EuroPACS'98, Barcelona, Spain