PACSWeb & DICOM Viewer

PACSWeb is a secure, web-based easy-to use PACS solution providing both browser and rich-client access to medical images acquired as DICOM files from modalities (MR, CT, SPECT/CT, PET/CT, ultrasound etc.) for consultation or second opinion.

The users of PACSWeb can work with PACSWeb either locally, on the same site where PACSWeb is installed, or remotely, at a different physical location - access through intranet/internet makes this possible. The infrastructure of PACSWeb allows Medical Specialists (Radiologists, Nuclear Medicine Specialists, Cardiologists etc.) to view and evaluate images in their field of specialization.

» Functional Features of PACSWeb & DICOM Viewer

• intuitive user-interface
• short initial training for users
• role-based access to system services
• image management in an SQL database
• possibility of querying Patient / Study data
• preview (thumbnail) of images of a patient in Study / Series hierarchy in the order of most recent
• possibility of downloading the images on to the local workstation for interpretation
• uses lossless compression technique during image transmission
• adjustable screen space by showing/hiding display panels
• a rich tool set for display and analysis purposes
• split the view area vertically or horizontally to allow the display of two series side by side
• 1x1, 1x2, 2x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 display modes
• move to the previous/next frame within a multi-image series with the help of mouse-wheel
• mouse-driven zooming
• mouse-driven panning
• flipping; horizontal and vertical
• rotation - in 30º increments
• manual & auto-windowing
• invert of the image
• support for annotations with the option of hiding; rectangle, ellipse, line, arrow, text
• support for measurements with the option of hiding; distance measurements (in pixel and millimetres), rectangular and elliptical area measurements (in pixels and square millimetres), angle measurements
• access to full DICOM data for diagnostic use
• attach the results of expert interpretation in the form of a voice or document file in the preliminary and final stages of consultation
• for Referring Physicians, immediate access to the voice and document files providing the results of expert interpretation
• on paper printing of DICOM images in different layouts
• burning of DICOM images onto CD/DVD including the Breeze DICOM Viewer whose functionality is described above
• cine-loop all frames in a DICOM file or all images of a series with manual looping and user control of frames/second
• archival of DICOM images
• sending e-mail and/or SMS notifications to Referring Physician when the radiology reports become available
• generating soft-copy (pdf), printing on paper or film of selected images
• HL7 Integration with HIS/RIS
• facilities for site administrators to maintain user profiles

» Technical Features of PACSWeb

• uses the state of the art internet and software technology
• built with a scalable technology that can be extended with growing needs
• can be deployed with Open Source components or with the most sophisticated RDBMS and Application Server platforms
• for server-side products, hardware and software vendor-independent
• provides secure access with browser
• allows bandwidth optimisation
• DICOM compliant
• can work with existing PACS installations
• seamless integration with other DICOM viewers like Osiris, DicomWorks
• reduced burden on IT