title: [Is the PACS feasible for a large radiological department? Reflections on the image data volume of the Medical Radiation Institute of the University of Tübingen in 1983. Picture Archiving and Communication System].
abstract: Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) are getting more and more important for departments of radiology with the increasing spread of digital imaging methods. To determine the demands made on such systems, we calculated the digital image data volume for all examinations carried out in 1983 at the Department of Medical Radiology of the University of Tübingen. 20.37% of all examinations were performed with digitalised equipment. Plain radiography takes the lion's share among the total number of image data. If digitalisation is based on a spatial resolution of 8 Lp/mm, the share is 98.4% of the total image data volume of 7 123 GByte. This figure is far in excess of the estimates stated in literature. The possibilities of image data reduction and feasibility of a major PACS are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005860:Germany, West; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009684:Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011859:Radiography; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013382:Subtraction Technique; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Ist ein PACS für eine grosse radiologische Abteilung realisierbar? Uberlegungen anhand des Bilddatenaufkommens des Medizinischen Strahleninstituts der Universität Tübingen im Jahr 1983.