• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.1796-1800
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• 1991

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems(PACS) provide an integration of digital imaging information in a hospital, which encompasses various imaging equipment, viewing workstations, database archive systems, and a high speed fiber optic network. One of the most important requirements for integration is the standardization of communication protocols to connect devices from different vendors. Since 1985, the ACR-NEMA standard provides a hardware interface, a set of software commands, and a consistent set of data formats for point-to-point interconnection of medical equipment. However, it has been shown to be inadequate for PACS networking environments, because of its point-to-point nature and its inflexibility to allow other services and protocols in the future. Based on previous experience of PACS developments in The University of Arizona, a new communication protocol for PACS networks has been suggested to the ACR-NEMA Working Group VI. The defined PACS protocol is intended to facilitate the development of PACS's capable of interfacing with other hospital information systems. Also, it is intended to allow the creation of diagnostic information data bases which can be interrogated by a variety of distributed devices. A particularly important goal is to support communications in a multivendor environment. The new protocol specifications are defined primarily as a combination of the International Organization for Standardization / Open Systems Interconnection (ISO/OSI) protocols and the data format portion of ACR-NEMA standard. This paper addresses the specification and implementation of the proposed PACS protocol into network node. The protocol specification, which covers Presentation, Session, Transport, and Network layers, is summarized briefly. The implementation has natural extentions to Global PACS environments. The protocol implementation is discussed based on our implementation efforts in the UNIX Operating System Environment. At the same time, results of performance evaluation are presented to demonstrate the implementation of defined protocol. The testing of performance analysis is performed on the PACS prototype node.

• 대한의용생체공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한의용생체공학회 1995년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.71-73
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• 1995

In this paper, we reviewed the ACR-NEMA Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) standard that was developed for medical imaging equipments interconnected on the standard networks. We also built a simple system that can transmit JPEG compressed DICOM file on network environment and display this medical image on remote-machine.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.220-226
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• 2017

SNR (signal to ratio) is a criterion for providing objective information for evaluating the performance of a magnetic resonance imaging device, and is an important measurement standard for evaluating the quality of MR (Magnetic Resonance) image. The purpose of our study is to evaluate the correct SNR measurement for multi-channel coil and parallel imaging. As a result of research, we found that both T1 and T2 weighted images show the narrowest confidence interval of the method recommended by NEMA (The National Electrical manufacturers Association) 1 having a single measurement method, whereas the ACR (American College of Radiology) measurement method using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique shows the widest confidence interval. There is a significance in that we quantitatively verified the inaccurate problems of a signal to noise ratio using a ACR measurement method when using a multi-channel coil and a parallel imaging technique of which method does not satisfy the preconditions that researchers could overlook.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.72-73
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• 1997

Medical imaging device에서 이미지 정보의 교환은 PACS의 성공을 결정짓는 중요한 요소이다. 즉 이미지 정보를 획득한다는 것은 네트워크상에서 정보를 신속 정확히 얻을 수 있다는 장점을 말한다. 더욱 중요한 것은 이미지파일의 호환성이다. 의료영상저장전달시스템 즉 PACS는 병원의 모든 정보와 서로 연동될 수 있어야 한다. 데이타 통합과 시스템의 안정성은 PACS에 있어서 가장 중요한 필수요건이다. 위에 언급한 요구조건들을 모두 만족시키기 위해서는 시스템 상호간을 네트워크할 수 있는 공통의 통합 프로토콜이 필요하다. 이와같은 문제를 해결하기 위해서 The American College of Radiology(ACR)과 National Electrical Manufacturers Association(NEMA)는 1983년초에 업체간의 장비공유와 방사선 실무자들의 통합되는 프로토클을 제정하기 위해 위원회를 설립하였다. 여기서 제정된 프로토콜을 DICOM이라 정하였다. DICOM의 역사적 배경, 의미, 필요성과 시스템상에서 어떻게 역활해왔는가와 DICOM을 통한 PACS시스템의 실제 활용예에 대하여 알아보겠다.

• 핵의학기술
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2014

암에 대한 진료 및 치료 효과 판정 등에 유용한 PET 검사가 증가되면서 추적검사 시 SUV의 정확한 비교를 위해 EANM 등에서는 동일한 장비에서 검사를 시행하는 것을 권고하고 있어 동일한 기종의 PET/CT 활용에 대한 관심이 커지고 있다. 하지만 병원의 환경상 여건이 허락되지 않는 경우가 많아 정확한 SUV 비교를 위한 Factor 개발, 장비간 호환 등의 방안을 마련하는데 관심이 높아지고 있다. 이런 관점에서 기종이 다른 3대의 PET/CT 장비를 대상으로 SUV를 평가하여 장비간 호환성이 가능한지 실험해 보았다. Discovery 690, Discovery 690Elite, Discovery 710 장비를 대상으로 ACR phantom, NEMA IEC Body phantom, SNM Chest phantom, $^{68}Ge$-cylinder phantom에 대한 SUV를 측정하여 장비간 비교를 시행하였다. 장비 별 SUVmean과 $SUV_{max}$를 측정하여 비교해 본 결과, $SUV_{mean}$의 경우 각 phantom 별로 장비간 차이는 최대 3.61%, 최소 0.19%였고 $SUV_{max}$는 장비 별로 최대 4.11%, 최소 0.03% 정도 차이가 발생하였다. 제조사에서 권고하는 장비간 SUV 허용 범위는 5%이며 실험에 사용된 3대의 PET/CT 장비간 SUV 차이는 이에 포함된다. 이는 CT 기종의 차이에 따른 SUV의 변화는 크지 않음을 유추할 수 있다. 병원마다 동일한 장비를 여러 대 구입하기에는 현실적인 어려움이 있으므로 기종이 다른 PET/CT 장비의 SUV가 허용 가능한 범위 내에 있는 장비를 활용한다면 동일한 장비 사용을 권고하는 추적검사의 경우 예약 일정 변경 등의 검사 효율성이 증가되고 정량평가의 정확도를 높여 줄 것이다.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.51-64
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• 2003

This thesis describes the effective interfacing methods of PACS Modality based on the system installation andoperating experiences. PACS(Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) is a system for medical image archiving and communication using large storage device and high-speed network. The standard communication protocol of PACS is DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) based on TCP/IP and point-to-point protocol. However, there are many Non-DICOM Modalities and DICOM Modalities having problems. First, we had interfaced almost modalities. Fuji CR, GE CT, MRI, Angio, Fluoro, Phillips Angio, Shimadzu Fluoro. Ultrasound PACS, with the main PACS in the Seoul S Hospital as large scale hospital. And we manipulated the intelligent image distribution and the CT. MRI Interfaces never experienced beforein the Anyang J Hospital and the Chungju C Hospital as mid or small scale hospital. Technically, we developed both the DICOM Interface and the Non-DICOM Interface. At the last, the DICOM Worklist and the DICOM Print Interface were implemented in the Seoul B Hospital, the Bucheon SJ Hospital and the Seoul K Hospital independently with PACS. The Oracle, Sybase and MS-SQL are used as database, and UNIX, Macintosh, MS Windows as operating systems. And the Visual C++ and UNIX C are the main programming tools. We have used UTP, coaxial and fiber optic cable under 10/100 mbps LAN for networking.

• 대한디지털의료영상학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.46-63
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• 2002

This thesis describes the effective interfacing methods of PACS Modality based on the system installation and operating experiences. PACS(Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) is a system for medical image archiving and communication using large storage device and high-speed network. The standard communication protocol of PACS is DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) based on TCP/IP and point-to-point protocol. However, there are many Non-DICOM Modalities and DICOM Modalities having problems. First, we had interfaced almost modalities, Fuji CR, GE CT, MRI, Angio, Fluoro, Phillips Angio, Shimadzu Fluoro, Ultrasound PACS, with the main PACS in the Seoul S Hospital as large scale hospital. And we manipulated the intelligent image distribution and the CT, MRI Interfaces never experienced before in the Anyang J Hospital and the Chungju C Hospital as mid or small scale hospital. Technically, we developed both the DICOM Interface and the Non-DICOM Interface. At the last, the DICOM Worklist and the DICOM Print Interface were implemented in the Seoul B Hospital, the Bucheon SJ Hospital and the Seoul K Hospital independently with PACS. The Oracle, Sybase and MS-SQL are used as database, and UNIX, Macintosh, MS Windows as operating systems. And the Visual C++ and UNIX C are the main programming tools. We have used UTP, coaxial and fiber optic Gable under 10/100 mbps LAN for networking.