TITLE:
A System for Improving the Management of the Lesion and Test Images of Patients
AUTHORS:
Sung-Bum Cho, Kyung-Won Jin, Jong-Soon Kim, Soo-Jin Huh, Segyeong Joo
KEYWORDS:
PACS; Real-Time Transmission; DICOM; Patient Examination; Wireless
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.5 No.10B,
October
30,
2013
ABSTRACT: Nowadays, almost every hospital utilizes picture
archiving and communications system (PACS) and electronic medical record (EMR)
system to manage patient’s data digitally. However, patient’s pictures taken by
nurses or physicians to monitor lesions or various test results are not managed
well in general. Although for some disease, these pictures provide
meaningful information in diagnosis and treatment. In this paper, we propose a management
system for these images to improve the accessibility and storability. To
manage the images efficiently, the proposed methods utilized the PACS system in
the hospital. After sending the image data of each patient to a local
monitoring computer, the patient’s information, such as, name, age, male, and
registration number were attached on the image. This file was then converted to
a DICOM (digital imaging and communications in medicine) files and transferred
to the PACS Server. The proposed system promises easy and convenient access on
the images of lesions and various test results of patients to support fast and
appropriate treatment.