Current topic: PACS (picture archiving and communication systems): filmless radiology
Open Access
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 83 (1) , 82-86
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.83.1.82
Abstract
A picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is a computerised means of replacing the roles of conventional radiological film. This review describes the Hammersmith PACS, and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of PACS systems.Keywords
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