title: [The application value of the PACS in general hospitals].
abstract: In order to evaluate the diagnostic value of the PACS, the PACS has been applied to Dept.of Radiology in Renji Hospital in Shanghai for nearly two and a half years. Clinical practice shows that the doctors can work more efficiently and accurately by using the diagnostic workstation of PACS. PACS is an inevitable development trend of image diagnosis and is playing a more and more important role in clinical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital affiliated to Medical College of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200001.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Xiao-fen
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhi-guo
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Jian-rong
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software