Implementation of a major hardware and software upgrade in a hospital-wide PACS during clinical use

Nicola H. Strickland; David J. Allison; Kent W. Beam; Marc J. Deshaies; Margaret Fitzpatrick; Glen Gardener; Nuala Martin; Jane Phillp; Thomas W. Prenzno; Jonathan E. Turner; Michael West

doi:10.1117/12.319806

13 July 1998 Implementation of a major hardware and software upgrade in a hospital-wide PACS during clinical use

Nicola H. Strickland, David J. Allison, Kent W. Beam, Marc J. Deshaies, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Glen Gardener, Nuala Martin, Jane Phillp, Thomas W. Prenzno, Jonathan E. Turner, Michael West

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Proceedings Volume 3339, Medical Imaging 1998: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319806
Event: Medical Imaging '98, 1998, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The aim of this project was to implement the installation of a major hardware and software upgrade into the Hammersmith hospital-wide PACS without any loss of data and with minimum disruption to the continuing clinical service throughout the hospital. The extant 40 Gbyte RAID was replaced by a new 256 Gbyte centralized RAID short term storage (STS) device at the hub of the Hammersmith Hospital PACS. This change entailed a complete database transfer, as well as hardware and software conversions to each of the 168 PACS workstations in the hospital.

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Nicola H. Strickland, David J. Allison, Kent W. Beam, Marc J. Deshaies, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Glen Gardener, Nuala Martin, Jane Phillp, Thomas W. Prenzno, Jonathan E. Turner, and Michael West "Implementation of a major hardware and software upgrade in a hospital-wide PACS during clinical use", Proc. SPIE 3339, Medical Imaging 1998: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (13 July 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.319806

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