PACSWeb & DICOM Viewer
PACSWeb is a secure, web-based easy-to use PACS solution providing both browser and rich-client access to
medical images acquired as DICOM files from modalities (MR, CT, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, ultrasound etc.) for
consultation or second opinion.
The users of PACSWeb can work with PACSWeb either locally, on the same site where PACSWeb
is installed, or remotely, at a different physical location - access through intranet/internet
makes this possible. The infrastructure of PACSWeb allows Medical Specialists (Radiologists,
Nuclear Medicine Specialists, Cardiologists etc.) to view and evaluate images in their
field of specialization.
» Functional Features of PACSWeb & DICOM Viewer
- intuitive user-interface
- short initial training for users
- role-based access to system services
- image management in an SQL database
- possibility of querying Patient / Study data
- preview (thumbnail) of images of a patient in Study / Series hierarchy in the order of most recent
- possibility of downloading the images on to the local workstation for interpretation
- uses lossless compression technique during image transmission
- adjustable screen space by showing/hiding display panels
- a rich tool set for display and analysis purposes
- split the view area vertically or horizontally to allow the display of two series side by side
- 1x1, 1x2, 2x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 display modes
- move to the previous/next frame within a multi-image series with the help of mouse-wheel
- mouse-driven zooming
- mouse-driven panning
- flipping; horizontal and vertical
- rotation - in 30º increments
- manual & auto-windowing
- invert of the image
- support for annotations with the option of hiding; rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow, text
- support for measurements with the option of hiding; distance measurements (in pixel and millimetres),
rectangular and elliptical area measurements (in pixels and square millimetres), angle measurements
- access to full DICOM data for diagnostic use
- attach the results of expert interpretation in the form of a voice or document file in the preliminary and
final stages of consultation
- for Referring Physicians, immediate access to the voice and document files providing the results of expert
interpretation
- on paper printing of DICOM images in different layouts
- burning of DICOM images onto CD/DVD including the Breeze DICOM Viewer whose functionality is described above
- cine-loop all frames in a DICOM file or all images of a series with manual looping and user control of
frames/second
- archival of DICOM images
- sending e-mail and/or SMS notifications to Referring Physician when the radiology reports become available
- generating soft-copy (pdf), printing on paper or film of selected images
- HL7 Integration with HIS/RIS
- facilities for site administrators to maintain user profiles
» Technical Features of PACSWeb
- uses the state of the art internet and software technology
- built with a scalable technology that can be extended with growing needs
- can be deployed with Open Source components or with the most sophisticated RDBMS and Application Server platforms
- for server-side products, hardware and software vendor-independent
- provides secure access with browser
- allows bandwidth optimisation
- DICOM compliant
- can work with existing PACS installations
- seamless integration with other DICOM viewers like Osiris, DicomWorks
- reduced burden on IT