Interpretation of cine-mode and/or color images is often required in the nuclear medicine, MR-imaging, ultrasound and angiographic studies. We have developed the system that enables viewing of nuclear medicine color and/or cine images throughout the hospital using a PACS-integrated electronic medical record system. The DICOM source images generated on the nuclear medicine workstation were captured and compressed Microsoft Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) files in real time and stored in the PC server (Windows 2000). Microsoft AVI files can be played on standard Microsoft Windows systems and better image quality at the same file sizes as MPEG. Each Windows computer terminal of our electronic medical record system did not require installation of specific visualization software. Clinicians could refer the images on their electronic medical record terminals, 600 of which are distributed throughout the hospital. Applications of this technique for Quantitative gated SPECT (QGS) of myocardial imaging, whole body Thallium or Gallium SPECT imaging and radionuclide angiography, will be presented.
Learning Objectives:
1. To understand the usefulness of interpreting images on a PACS-integrated electronic medical record system. 2. To evaluate the performance and the image quality of color cine-mode display of AVI files on a Windows PC terminal. Questions about this event email: a-tobita@kanazawa-med.ac.jp