title: Considerations in the purchase of a nuclear medicine computer system.
abstract: Selection of a nuclear medicine computer system is a process that should be approached with care and forethought. The general scheme should be to define your needs and constraints, determine what is available, investigate the leading candidates, make a site visit, and, finally, submit an order. Through a series of discussions between members of the Computer Council of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and representatives from the manufacturers of computer systems, a set of important considerations emerged, which are reported in this paper. This paper is not intended to be a step-by-step guideline to the purchase of a computer system. Rather, it is a set of concepts and considerations with which the prospective purchaser should be familiar before undertaking such a purchase.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors: M M
authors: MM
authors: Graham
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Links
authors: T K
authors: TK
authors: Lewellen
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: King
authors: B Y
authors: BY
authors: Croft
authors: D F
authors: DF
authors: Wong
authors: P D
authors: PD
authors: Esser
authors: M L
authors: ML
authors: Goris
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009684:Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011682:Purchasing, Hospital; D012984:Software