Dear PACS Insider,
The exponential growth of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) studies offers a difficult challenge for PACS networks. While several data management options are available, the optimal approach involves storing the entire dataset and employing server/thin-client communications, according to Dr. Paul Chang of the University of Chicago School of Medicine.
This method allows for a variety of advanced visualization functionality, reduced network and hardware requirements for PACS workstations, and full-featured advanced visualization tools for Web viewers, Chang said. He spoke during a presentation at the 9th Annual International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, sponsored by Stanford University in San Francisco earlier this summer.
Contributing writer Kathy Kincade's coverage of Dr. Chang's talk is the subject of this month's Insider Exclusive article, which you have access to before it is published for the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members. To hear more about the optimal approach to integrate MDCT with PACS, click here.
In other articles we're featuring this month, contributing writer Mark Hagland looks at the unique digital image management needs of radiation oncology. You can find that article here.
Also, a Canadian study has found a broad degree of success in applying lossy compression schemes to a range of imaging studies. For the details, click here.
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