title: Systems integration for PACS.
abstract: A successful PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System) implementation requires an eclectic integration of a number of key technologies. Among these are equipment interfaces, communications, storage, and display. Coincident with this, the software architecture must support a distributed system of heterogeneous structures, provide for protocol and format conversions to a unified system standard, be scalable to accommodate expansion, and provide a measure of fault tolerance. In this paper we survey the current state of the UCLA PACS components and architecture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1721.
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Taira
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003628:Database Management Systems; D008122:Local Area Networks; D015141:Los Angeles; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software