Shareware program for nuclear medicine and PET/CT PACS display and processing.
OBJECTIVE
Many of the functions necessary for imaging and analyzing nuclear medicine studies are not available on radiology PACS. Over the past 20 years, we have developed a user-friendly, easily installed software package for nuclear medicine study analysis, display, Web access, and database storage and an integrated display for fused PET/CT. We are making this software available as free shareware that can be used without a license on any PC. The software package was developed as a cooperative effort between house and attending staff and our nuclear medicine programmer. Particular emphasis was put on making functions intuitive and user friendly.


CONCLUSIONS
A shareware nuclear medicine PACS software package including a display for fused PET/CT studies has been developed, extensively clinically tested, and is freely available on the Internet.
Barbaras
Larry
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Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Tal
Ilan
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Palmer
Matthew R
MR
Parker
J Anthony
JA
Kolodny
Gerald M
GM
D003196:Computer Graphics; D003628:Database Management Systems; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface