• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.221-224
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• 2010

PACS(Picture Archiving Communication System)를 바탕으로 하는 DICOM(Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)은 주요 의료영상장비들 사이에 데이터와 영상을 효율적으로 교환하고 전송할 수 있도록 마련한 표준안으로 현재 대부분의 최신형 의료영상장비(CT, MR, DSA, CR(Computed Radiology), 초음파검사, 핵의학검사, 내시경검사, 조직병리검사, 등)들은 의료 영상 분야의 국제 표준인 DICOM 표준방식에 의해 영상을 제공하고 있다. 최근 이러한 의료영상장비들은 독립적으로 사용하기보다는 의료수술 모니터링 장비 등의 비 의학영상장비와 서로 연계하여 사용하는 경우가 많아졌다. 그러나 이러한 의료수술 모니터링 장비들은 DICOM 표준 데이터를 고려하지 못하므로 PACS를 통한 데이터 연계에 어려움이 있다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 표준 DICOM 포맷과 의료수술 모니터링 장비의 데이터 구조를 분석하여 non-DICOM 의료수술 모니터링 장비의 PACS 연동을 위한 방안을 제안하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1991.10b
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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.

• Korean Journal of Digital Imaging in Medicine
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.130-136
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• 2002

One of current trends of medical technology is analog to digital. Moreover, The Government put a premium on PACS(Picture Archiving and Communication System) for Medical Insurance in November, 1999. Therefore many hospitals are installing(or planning to install) PACS facilities on their buildings. However most of hospitals didn't consider PACS facilities in the beginning of construction. In particular, the Networking is one of the most difficult things for PACS installation. There is no space for network equipments, and no path for network lines, etc. To solve these problems, wireless network is proposed. The wireless network is divided to three parts mainly. One is the wireless communication for Local Area Network, another is the data transmission through a satellite for Tele-Radiology, and the last one is the technology using Bluetooth for each sub-system of PACS. But there are other problems in wireless systems, i.e., network bandwidth, system stability, interference with other devices. The purpose of this paper is to suggest the future and new trend of PACS including all the problems.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.189-194
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• 2008

Picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is an image information technology system for the transmission and storage of medical images. In Korea the first full PACS was installed at Samsung Medical Center in 1994, but, the rate of distribution was very slow. The government's approval for the medical insurance reimbursement for full PACS examinations in November 1999 became the turning point. Thereafter the number of hospitals with full PACS has steeply increased. In September of this year, PACS was installed at 906 medical institutes, including most of university hospitals and general hospitals. The first full dental PACS was installed at Wonkwang University Dental Hospital in 2002. Now ten out of eleven university dental hospitals implemented full dental PACS. The current status and technological factors of dental PACS in Korean university dental hospitals and the future perspectives of dental PACS are described. (Korean J Oral Maxillofac Radiol 2008; 38: 189-94)

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.14 no.8
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• pp.1849-1854
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• 2010

As for information system in hospital which digital hospital aims at, there are PACS(Picture Archiving and Communication System) and soon. PACS transfer and store various medical pictures which are occurring in hospital. The various medical pictures is captured by using keyboard or foot switch during a surgical operation. In this paper, foot switch USB module that can be mounted into a main foot switch case is designed and implemented, it is having a MCU circuit with a built-in micro-controller and a I/O interface having a maximum of five switch. we also developed foot switch control software program with various functions. The result of using the module in the hospital field confirms that the module operates safely.

• Journal of The Korean Radiological Technologist Association
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.18-18
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• 1999

We have studied DR of medical science at SNUH since early 90's, founded the basis of Picture Archiving Communication System(PACS) used for actual clinic parts, has acquired images gradually since January H and came to acquire images in all examinations ex

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2008.06d
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• pp.337-341
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• 2008

정보 통신과 의료 기술의 성장에 의해 의사는 이동 중 무선망을 통하여 인터넷 서비스에 접근이 가능해졌고 필요한 정보를 제공받을 수 있게 되었다. 또한 컴퓨터 그래픽의 기술은 통신 기술과 접목하여 무선네트워크를 이용한 의료 영상 전송이 가능해졌다. 그러나 기존 시스템들은 의사가 필요로 하는 의료정보를 저장하는 수준인 데이터 (의료 영상 정보) 중심의 의료 영상 전송 시스템 (Picture Archiving Communication System) 달이다. 유비쿼터스 환경에서의 의료 영상 전송 시스템은 의사의 현재 상황을 기반으로 한 서비스 전송을 요구 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 변화된 의사의 상황에 적합한 지능형 서비스를 제공하기위해 의사 중심의 의료 영상 정보 전송 미들웨어 (Doctor Centric PACS Middleware) 모델을 제안하다.

• Proceedings of the KOSOMBE Conference
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• v.1996 no.11
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• pp.61-64
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• 1996

Currently many researches are going on a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) which can handle a large number of image data very efficiently. However, the price of those systems are very expensive to a small and medium hospital. In this paper, we developed a PC based Mini-PACS at a low price with a high performance. The main components of the designed system are: Image processing and display for a diagnosis, Client/Server database management system, Multi-monitor display system, Connection through the World Wide Web with Common Gateway Interface.

• The Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.439-444
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• 2000

PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) is being rapidly spread and installed in many hospitals, but most of the system do not include nuclear medicine field. Although additional costs of hardware for nuclear medicine PACS is low, the complexity in developing viewing software and little market have made the nuclear medicine PACS not popular. Most PACS utilize DICOM 3.0 as standard format, but standard format in nuclear medicine has been Interfile. Interfile should be converted into DICOM format if nuclear images are to be stored and visualized in most PACS. Nowadays, many vendors supply the DICOM option in gamma camera and PET. Several hospitals in Korea have already installed nuclear PACS with DICOM, but only the screen captured images are supplied. Software for visualizing pseudo-color with color lookup tables and expressing with volume view should be developed to fulfill the demand of referring physicians and nuclear medicine physicians. PACS is going to integrate not only radiologic images but also endoscopic and pathologic images. Web and PC based PACS is now a trend and is much compatible with nuclear medicine PACS. Most important barrier for nuclear medicine PACS that we encounter is not a technical problem, but indifference of investor such as administrator of hospital or PACS. Now it is time to support and invest for the development of nuclear medicine PACS.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.1124-1131
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• 2006

The recent medical treatment guidelines and the development of information technology make hospitals reduce the expense in surrounding environment and it requires improving the quality of medical treatment of the hospital. Moreover, MIS, PACS(Picture Archiving and Communication System), OCS, EMR are also developing. Medical Information System is evolved toward integration of medical IT and situation is changing with increasing high speed in the ICT convergence. Mobile component refers to construct wireless system of hospital which has constructed in existing environment. Through RFID development in existing system, anyone can log on easily to internet whenever and wherever. It is the core technology to implement automatic medical processing system. This paper provides a basic review of RFID model, PACS application component services. In addition, designed and implemented database server's component program and client program of mobile application that recognized RFID tag and patient data in the ubiquitous environments. This system implemented mobile PACS that performed patient data based db environments, and so reduced delay time of requisition, medical treatment, lab.