title: Advanced radiology information system.
abstract: The innovative features of an advanced Radiology Information System (RIS) are presented in this paper. The interoperability of RIS with the other Intra-hospital Information Systems that interacts with, dealing with the compatibility and open architecture issues, are accomplished by two novel mechanisms [1]. The first one is the particular message handling system that is applied for the exchange of information, according to the Health Level Seven (HL7) protocol's specifications and serves the transfer of medical and administrative data among the RIS applications and data store unit. The same mechanism allows the secure and HL7-compatible interactions with the Hospital Information System (HIS) too. The second one implements the translation of information between the formats that HL7 and Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) protocols specify, providing the communication between RIS and Picture and Archive Communication System (PACS). The whole structure ensures the automation of the every-day procedures that the ;medical protocol' specifies and provides its services through a friendly and easy to manage graphical user interface.
authors.affiliation: University of Patras, Communication Laboratory, Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. Patras, 26500, GREECE.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kolovou
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vatousi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lymperopoulos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koukias