iPACS
Overview• Picture Archiving and Communication System
• Storing, query, retrieving, browsing, and reporting DICOM studies
Specification
• IPACS Server
o DICOM server to receive DICOM messages from modalities (DICOM medical devices like MRI, CT...)
o Archive DICOM studies with DICOM protocol hierarchy (Patient ==> Study ==> Series ==> Image)
o Saving Reports typed with DICOM viewers and assign them to their studies
o Response to query requests from DICOM viewers
o Retrieve DICOM studies requested by DICOM viewers
• IPACS web server
o A web server to enable the firm to browse the DICOM studies through a web browser
o Can be configured with a fixed IP address to be accessed from anywhere
• DICOM Viewer
o Query/Retrieve DICOM studies from IPACS
o Browse DICOM studies in the DICOM hierarchy (Patient ==> Study ==> Series ==> Image)
o Playing cine DICOM with various speeds
o Brightness/contrast control, Zooming and panning DICOM images
o Reporting for DICOM studies
o Export DICOM file to windows formats
o Make DICOM Directory of DICOM studies
o Print DICOM images via paper printers and DICOM printers