TY - JOUR
T1 - Picture archiving and communications systems in radiation oncology (PACSRO)
T2 - tools for a physician-based digital image review system
AU - McGee, K. P.
AU - Das, I. J.
AU - Fein, D. A.
AU - Martin, E. E.
AU - Schultheiss, T. E.
AU - Hanks, G. E.
PY - 1995/1
Y1 - 1995/1
N2 - Digital imaging is becoming more and more important in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients in radiation oncology. In order to facilitate the most efficient interface of this technology to physicians and other users of this information, a medical image display system (MID) has been developed at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). The system runs on 20 personal computers situated in physicians offices as well as a modified system located in the radiation oncology conference room. Access to CT, MRI, and EPID information is achieved through an Ethernet connection to the hospital picture archiving and communications system (PACS). Over a 1-year period a total of 503 patients and 3845 images have been stored on the system. Physician approval using the MID system (without conventional films) was performed on 106 patients. Of these, 22%, 16%, 11%, 10%, and 9% consisted of breast, prostate, pelvic, lung, and head and neck patients, respectively. Digital images sent from a variety of image sources to the MID system take up to 15 s to process and format while image access and display can take 2-5 s, dependent upon image size and speed of the host computer.
AB - Digital imaging is becoming more and more important in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of patients in radiation oncology. In order to facilitate the most efficient interface of this technology to physicians and other users of this information, a medical image display system (MID) has been developed at the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC). The system runs on 20 personal computers situated in physicians offices as well as a modified system located in the radiation oncology conference room. Access to CT, MRI, and EPID information is achieved through an Ethernet connection to the hospital picture archiving and communications system (PACS). Over a 1-year period a total of 503 patients and 3845 images have been stored on the system. Physician approval using the MID system (without conventional films) was performed on 106 patients. Of these, 22%, 16%, 11%, 10%, and 9% consisted of breast, prostate, pelvic, lung, and head and neck patients, respectively. Digital images sent from a variety of image sources to the MID system take up to 15 s to process and format while image access and display can take 2-5 s, dependent upon image size and speed of the host computer.
KW - CT
KW - DRR
KW - Image processing
KW - Medical image display
KW - On-line portal image
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U2 - 10.1016/0167-8140(95)92261-A
DO - 10.1016/0167-8140(95)92261-A
M3 - Article
C2 - 7792399
AN - SCOPUS:0028912835
SN - 0167-8140
VL - 34
SP - 54
EP - 62
JO - Radiotherapy and Oncology
JF - Radiotherapy and Oncology
IS - 1
ER -