Practical Imaging Informatics Foundations and Applications for PACS

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Practical Imaging Informatics Foundations and Applications for PACS Professionals

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Editor Barton F. Branstetter IV Soc. For Imaging Informatics in Medicine 19440 Golf Vista Plaza, Suite 330 Leesburg VA 20176 USA [email protected] www.siimweb.org

ISBN 978-1-4419-0483-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-0485-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-0485-0 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2009928499 # Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine 2009 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer ScienceþBusiness Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

For the four who laid the flagstones And the three who walk behind, Eyes wide with wonder And for Cara Always for Cara BFB To my wife Terry, a font of affection and inspiration. DLR This book is dedicated to my family, your love and support strengthens me. Philippians 4:13. DSG To my wife Janet, for her transcendent love, encouragement, and support. DLW The Editors are indebted to Ms. Caroline Wilson; without her tireless efforts, this book never would have come to fruition.

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Introduction Barton F. Branstetter IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Part I

Technology: Getting Started Associate Editor: Daniel L. Rubin

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Medical Imaging Modalities and Digital Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Katherine P. Andriole

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Computers and Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Flanders

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Introduction to PACS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matthew D. Ralston and Robert M. Coleman

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Modalities and Data Acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. Anthony Seibert

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Technology: The PACS Imaging Chain Associate Editor: Daniel L. Rubin

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Workflow Steps in Radiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R.L. ‘‘Skip’’ Kennedy

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Standards and Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David S. Channin

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Viewing Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth A. Krupinski

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Image Postprocessing and Volume Rendering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniel Blezek, Xiaojiang Yang, and Bradley J. Erickson

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