Fleming J S, Britten A J, Perring S, Keen A C, Howlett P J
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, UK.
J Med Eng Technol. 1991 Jul-Oct;15(4-5):162-9. doi: 10.3109/03091909109023703.
PICS (portable imaging computer software), is a software system designed for handling and processing a variety of types of medical image. It has been designed to satisfy the following criteria: (a) the software should be portable between different items of hardware with minimal alteration; (b) there should be a simple operator interface to enable use by inexperienced users, while avoiding the need for experienced users to be directed through tedious menu trees; (c) the programming environment should enable simple integration of new data handling protocols. To meet these requirements the software was written in FORTRAN using structured subroutine organization. The software has basic image handling and processing facilities and contains a comprehensive set of nuclear medicine clinical protocols. Other facilities include alignment of images from different modalities with display of superimposed images and ability to handle, analyse and display three-dimensional data sets. Data transfer programs have been written to capture data from gamma camera, CT, MRI, ultrasound and radiographs by converting the images to a common data format. The system provides a hospital with a central digital image handling resource, enabling investigation of the value of digital image processing in potential clinical applications.
便携式成像计算机软件（PICS）是一个旨在处理和加工各类医学图像的软件系统。它的设计满足以下标准：（a）该软件应能在不同硬件设备之间轻松移植，改动极小；（b）应具备简单的操作员界面，方便无经验的用户使用，同时避免有经验的用户在冗长的菜单树中摸索；（c）编程环境应能轻松集成新的数据处理协议。为满足这些要求，该软件采用结构化子程序组织方式用FORTRAN编写。该软件具备基本的图像处理和加工功能，包含一套全面的核医学临床协议。其他功能包括对来自不同模态的图像进行对齐并显示叠加图像，以及处理、分析和显示三维数据集的能力。已编写数据传输程序，通过将图像转换为通用数据格式，从伽马相机、CT、MRI、超声和X光片中采集数据。该系统为医院提供了一个中央数字图像处理资源，有助于研究数字图像处理在潜在临床应用中的价值。
