| Digital cameras are available in cells phones, and | | | | rotated, panned or zoomed, all with the click of a |
| because of their ease of use, everyone is now | | | | mouse. Brightness and contrast can easily be |
| able to enjoy taking a picture anywhere they | | | | adjusted, allowing you to see more than you |
| happen to be. Now digital imaging has come to | | | | might have ordinarily been able to using traditional |
| medicine. Radiology PACS, picture archiving and | | | | film imaging. Radiology PACS also allows you to |
| communication systems, make digital imaging | | | | distribute images easily by using the speed of the |
| possible for your radiology department or facility. | | | | Internet. |
| In days past, you would take images using film. | | | | Digital images can be accessed through a pacs |
| The films would have to be developed using | | | | system by authorized personnel from offsite |
| costly chemicals. The images would need to be | | | | locations anywhere around the world or in your |
| carefully handled and stored in large storage | | | | medical office. Digital images can be sent ahead |
| rooms, requiring medical staff to maintain the | | | | by referring physicians to specialists easily when |
| records, file them and retrieve them. Over time, | | | | they are sent via your pacs system. Many offices |
| film could become damaged and the picture could | | | | use a ris pacs system to streamline their patient |
| degrade. The images could be completely lost in | | | | scheduling and records. Ris pacs connects a |
| the case of a fire or flood. These are all reasons | | | | radiology information system to the picture |
| why so many hospitals and medical offices are | | | | archiving system, saving you a great deal of time |
| making the switch to Radiology PACS. With dicom | | | | and effort in processing patients. A ris pacs can |
| pacs, the patient images are now all digital, and | | | | help your staff with patient registration and |
| can be viewed using a personal computer that | | | | scanning, along with the entry of results and |
| you already have at your office. Digital images | | | | reports that are produced. Patient tracking and |
| can be retrieved through the use of a search | | | | results delivery are all accurately accomplished via |
| feature quickly and easily. These images can also | | | | ris pacs. Smaller clinics may benefit through using |
| be stored in a fraction of the space once needed, | | | | mini Radiology PACS. There are web based, |
| and backup can be done both on and offsite, so | | | | all-in-one units that are very budget appropriate |
| that you are safe should disaster strike. A pacs | | | | for medical offices, chiropractic and orthopedic |
| system also allows for more accuracy in imaging. | | | | clinics. Whatever your facility size, Radiology PACS |
| Digital images can be enhanced by using Radiology | | | | are available that can help you meet all of your |
| PACS so that the picture can be cropped or | | | | digital imaging needs. |