| div cl | | | | the hundreds of thousands of dollars. |
| A RIS PACS â integrated Radiology | | | | The other problem has had more to do with the |
| Information and Picture Archive and | | | | technology itself. Not only has the technology of |
| Communications System â is perhaps the | | | | standard PACS workstations been very complex, |
| most vital piece of equipment a health care facility | | | | it has had its limitations as well. Even the most |
| can have, particularly when it comes to employing | | | | novice PC user will tell you that image files of any |
| a mammography workstation. Until now, there | | | | kind are either large and unwieldy, or of |
| have been two barriers to small private practices | | | | extremely poor quality. This is especially true of |
| and underfunded public health facilities when it | | | | medical imagery, which is must not only be very |
| came to access to an up-to-date, yet affordable | | | | clear detailed, but is also produced by means of |
| PACS. One of course is cost â RIS PACS | | | | several different and incompatible modalities that |
| such as are used at top university medical | | | | include MRI, computed tomography and |
| centers and private commercial hospitals run into | | | | electroencephalogram. |