Thoroughly revised to present the very latest in PACS-based multimedia in medical imaging informatics--from the electronic patient record to the full range of topics in digital medical imaging--this new edition by the founder of PACS and multimedia image informatics features even more clinically applicable material than ever before. It uses the framework of PACS-based image informatics, not physics or engineering principles, to explain PACS-based multimedia informatics and its application in clinical settings and labs. New topics include Data Grid and Cloud Computing, IHE XDS-I Workflow Profile (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging), extending XDS to share images, and diagnostic reports and related information across a group of enterprise health care sites.

PACS-Based Multimedia Imaging Informatics is presented in 4 sections. Part 1 covers the beginning and history of Medical Imaging, PACS, and Imaging Informatics. The other three sections cover Medical Imaging, Industrial Guidelines, Standards, and Compliance; Informatics, Data Grid, Workstation, Radiation Therapy, Simulators, Molecular Imaging, Archive Server, and Cloud Computing; and multimedia Imaging Informatics, Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD), Image-Guide Decision Support, Proton Therapy, Minimally Invasive Multimedia Image-Assisted Surgery, BIG DATA.

* New chapter on Molecular Imaging Informatics

* Expanded coverage of PACS and eHR's (Electronic Health Record), with HIPPA compliance

* New coverage of PACS-based CAD (Computer-Aided Diagnosis)

* Reorganized and expanded clinical chapters discuss one distinct clinical application each

* Minimally invasive image assisted surgery in translational medicine

* Authored by the world's first and still leading authority on PACS and medical imaging

PACS-Based Multimedia Imaging Informatics: Basic Principles and Applications, 3rd Edition is the single most comprehensive and authoritative resource that thoroughly covers the critical issues of PACS-based hardware and software design and implementation in a systematic and easily comprehensible manner. It is a must-have book for all those involved in designing, implementing, and using PACS-based Multimedia Imaging Informatics.

H.K. "Bernie" Huang, D.Sc., FRCR (Hon.), is Professor Emeritus of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California, and Professor at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was former Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology at the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of California, San Francisco; and Chair Professor of Imaging informatics at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Inhalt

Foreword 1 xxix

Foreword 2 xxxi

Foreword 3 xxxiii

Preface to the Third Edition xxxv

Preface to the Second Edition xxxix

Acknowledgments xliii

H.K. Huang Short Biography xlv

List of Acronyms xlvii

Part 1 The Beginning: Retrospective 1

1 Medical Imaging, PACS and Imaging Informatics: Retrospective 3

PART I TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND PIONEERS 4

1.1 Medical Imaging 4

1.2 PACS and its Development 8

1.3 Key Technologies: Computer and Software, Storage, and Communication Networks 15

1.4 Key Technologies: Medical Imaging Related 17

PART II COLLABORATIONS AND SUPPORTS 22

1.5 Collaboration with Government Agencies, Industry and Medical Imaging Associations 22

1.6 Medical Imaging Informatics 29

1.7 Summary 32

1.8 Acknowledgments 34

References 35

Part 2 Medical Imaging, Industrial Guidelines, Standards, and Compliance 37

2 Digital Medical Imaging 39

2.1 Digital Medical Imaging Fundamentals 39

2.2 Two9;-Dimensional Medical Imaging 46

2.3 Three9;-Dimensional Medical Imaging 55

2.4 Four9;-Dimensional, Multimodality, and Fusion Imaging 78

2.5 Image Compression 85

Further Reading 93

3 PACS Fundamentals 97

3.1 PACS Components and Network 97

3.2 PACS Infrastructure Design Concept 101

3.3 Generic PACS9;-Based Multimedia Architecture and Workflow 103

3.4 PACS9;-Based Architectures 105

3.5 Communication and Networks 110

Further Reading 121

4 Industrial Standards: Health Level 7 (HL7), Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) 123

4.1 Industrial Standards 124

4.2 The Health Level 7 (HL7) Standard 124

4.3 From ACR9;-NEMA to DICOM 127

4.4 DICOM 3.0 Standard 129

4.5 Examples of Using DICOM 136

4.6 DICOM Organizational Structure and New Features 138

4.7 IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) 142

4.8 Some Operating Systems and Programming Languages useful to HL7, DICOM and IHE 151

4.9 Summary of Industrial Standards: HL7, DICOM and IHE 153

References 153

Further Reading 154

5 DICOM9;-Compliant Image Acquisition Gateway and Integration of HIS, RIS, PACS and ePR 155

5.1 DICOM Acquisition Gateway 156

5.2 DICOM9;-Compliant Image Acquisition Gateway 157

5.3 Automatic Image Data Recovery Scheme for DICOM Conformance Device 162

5.4 Interface PACS Modalities with the Gateway Computer 164

5.5 DICOM Compliance PACS Broker 166

5.6 Image Preprocessing and Display 167

5.7 Clinical Operation and Reliability of the Gateway 168

5.8 Hospital Information System (HIS), Radiology Information System (RIS), and PACS 169

References 178

6 Web9;-Based Data Management and Image Distribution 179

6.1 Distributed Image File Server: PACS9;-Based Data Management 179

6.2 Distributed Image File Server 179

6.3 Web Server 181

6.4 Component9;-based Web Server for Image Distribution and Display 183

6.5 Performance Evaluation 188

6.6 Summary of PACS Data Management and Web9;]based Image Distribution 189

Further Reading 189

7 Medical Image Sharing for Collaborative Healthcare Based on IHE XDS9;-I Profile 191

7.1 Introduction 192

7.2 Brief Description of IHE XDS/XDS9;-I Profiles 193

7.3 Pilot Studies of Medical Image Sharing and Exchanging for a Variety of Healthcare Services 194

7.4 Results 206

7.5 Discussion 209

Acknowledgements 212

References 212

Part 3 Informatics, Data Grid, Workstation, Radiotherapy, Simulators, Molecular Imaging, Archive Server, and Cloud Computing 215

8 Data Grid for PACS and Medical Imaging Informatics 217

8.1 Distributed Computing 217

8.2 Grid...