1st Edition
PACS and Digital Medicine Essential Principles and Modern Practice
Introduction. PACS Servers and Workstations. Imaging Display Devices in PACS. Networking Technologies. Data Storage. Healthcare Information Integration. Teleradiology. Practical PACS Implementation. Upgrade and Replacing Legacy PACS. Enterprise PACS. Electronic Health Record and Personal Health Record Implementation. Quality Control, Security, and Downtime Management. Index.
Biography
Yu Liu, Ph.D., DABR, is a senior imaging physicist certified by the American Board of Radiology. He works in the radiology department at St. Luke’s Medical Center of Aurora Healthcare in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 1997, he has been involved in PACS implementation and operation. He earned his Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Duke University.
Jihong Wang, Ph.D., DABR, is an associate professor at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He implemented the first major PACS system for the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas while he was a faculty member there from 1996–2004. He earned his Ph.D. in medical physics from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
For someone … looking for a concise summary of PACS, its environs (both departmental and enterprise), components, and support issues—this book would be an excellent choice.
—Steve G. Langer, Medical Physics, October 2012… a thorough and practical reference for radiologists, administrators, engineers, and others who might create, manage, or use such a system. …
—SciTech Book News, February 2011
