Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS)
for Medical Imaging

Part of the Course: Medical Imaging Science

University of Minnesota Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences and Medical Physics

BPHY 8148, Spring Quarter 1997

 

Suggested Reading and Reference:

Available in the Radiology Departmental Library

Mayo Building, Room B218

 

I. American Association of Physicists in Medicine, Medical Physics Monograph No.22 - Digital Imaging

1. Digital X-Ray Image Capture with Image Intensifier and Storage Phosphor Plates: Imaging Principles, Performance and Limitations, pp23-48

2. Direct X-Ray Photoconversion Processes, pp.49-96

3. Radiographic Film Digitization, pp.97 - 122

4. Mini-PACS, pp.123-56

5. Cost Analysis of Image Management and Communication Systems (IMACS), pp.569-588


II. Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering

This is for reference purposes only! It is not very good for background reading, but it is handy for looking up specific parameters such as data transfer rates, protocols, etc.