Preface.

Preface to the First Edition.

Acknowledgements.

List of Acronyms.

PART I: MEDICAL IMAGING PRINCIPLES.

1. Introduction.

2. Digital Medical Imaging Fundamentals.

3. Digital Radiography.

4. Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine, and Light Imaging.

5. Image Compression.

PART II: PACS FUNDAMENTALS.

6. Picture Archiving and Communiccation System Components and Work Flow.

7. Industrial Standards (HL7 and DICOM) and Work Flow Protocols (IHE). 

8. Image Acquisition Gateway.

9. Communications and Networking.

10. PACS Controller and Image Archive Server.

11. Display Workstation.

12. Integration of HIS, RIS, PACS, and ePR.

PART III: PACS OPERATION.

13. PACS Data Management and Web-based Image Distribution.

14. Telemedicine and Teleradiology.

15. Fault-Tolerant PACS.

16. Image/Data Security.

17. PACS Clinical Implementation, Acceptance, Data Migration, and  Evaluation.

18. PACS Clinical Experience, Pitfalls, and Bottlenecks.

PART IV: PACS-BASED IMAGING INFORMATICS.

19. PACS-Based Medical Imaging Informatics.

20. PACS as a Decision Support Tool.

21. ePR-Based PACS Application Servers for Other Medical Specialities.

22. New Directions in PACS Learning and PACS-Related Training.

PART V: ENTERPRISE PACS.

23. Enterprise PACS.

References.

PACS and Imaging Information Glossary.

Index.