Lim C C Tchoyoson, Yang Guo Liang, Nowinski Wieslaw L, Hui Francis
Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308433.
J Digit Imaging. 2003 Dec;16(4):331-6. doi: 10.1007/s10278-003-1660-0. Epub 2004 Jan 30.
A picture archive and communications system (PACS) is a rich source of images and data suitable for creating electronic teaching files (ETF). However, the potential for PACS to support nonclinical applications has not been fully realized: at present there is no mechanism for PACS to identify and store teaching files; neither is there a standardized method for sharing such teaching images. The Medical Image Resource Center (MIRC) is a new central image repository that defines standards for data exchange among different centers. We developed an ETF server that retrieves digital imaging and communication in medicine (DICOM) images from PACS, and enables users to create teaching files that conform to the new MIRC schema. We test-populated our ETF server with illustrative images from the clinical case load of the National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore. Together, PACS and MIRC have the potential to benefit radiology teaching and research.
图像存档与通信系统（PACS）是适用于创建电子教学文件（ETF）的丰富图像和数据源。然而，PACS支持非临床应用的潜力尚未得到充分发挥：目前，PACS没有识别和存储教学文件的机制；也没有共享此类教学图像的标准化方法。医学图像资源中心（MIRC）是一个新的中央图像存储库，它定义了不同中心之间数据交换的标准。我们开发了一个ETF服务器，该服务器从PACS检索医学数字成像和通信（DICOM）图像，并使用户能够创建符合新MIRC模式的教学文件。我们用新加坡国立神经科学研究所临床病例中的示例图像对我们的ETF服务器进行了测试填充。PACS和MIRC共同具有造福放射学教学与研究的潜力。
