Table of Contents

FOREWORD.

PREFACE.

PREFACE OF THE LAST EDITION.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

H. K. HUANG SHORT BIOGRAPHY.

LIST OF ACRONYMS.

1. Introduction.

PART I MEDICAL IMAGING PRINCIPLES.

2. Digital Medical Image Fundamentals.

3. Two-Dimensional Medical Imaging.

4. Three-Dimensional Medical Imaging.

5. Four-Dimensionality, Multimodality, and Fusion of Medical Imaging.

6. Image Compression.

PART II PACS FUNDAMENTALS.

7. Picture Archiving and Communication System Components and Workflow.

8. Communications and Networking.

9. Industrial Standards (HL7 and DICOM) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE).

10. Image Acquisition Gateway.

11. PCS Server and Archive.

12. Display Workstation.

13. Integration of HIS, RIS, PACS, and ePR.

PART III PACS OPERATION.

14. PACS Data Management and Web-Based Image Distribution.

15. Telemedicine and Teleradiology.

16. Fault-Tolerant PACS and Enterprise PACS.

17. Image/Data Security.

18. PACS Clinical Implementation, Acceptance, and Evaluation.

19. PACS Clinical Experience, Pitfalls, and Bottlenecks.

PART IV PACS- AND DICOM-BASED IMAGING INFORMATICS.

20. DICOM-Based Medical Imaging Informatics.

21. Data Grid for PACS and Medical Imaging Informatics.

22. Multimedia Electronic Patient Record (ePR) System.

23. Multimedia Electronic Patient Record System in Radiation Therapy.

24. Multimedia Electronic Patient Record (ePR) System for Image-Assisted.Spinal Surgery.

25. Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) and Image-Guided Decision Support.

26. Integration of Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) with PACS.

27. Location Tracking and Verification System in Clinical Environment.

28. New Directions in PACS and Medical Imaging Informatics Training.

PACS AND IMAGING INFORMATICS GLOSSARY.

INDEX.

About the Author

H. K. (Bernie) Huang, FRCR(Hon.); FAIMBE; Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering; Director, Division of Imaging Informatics, Department of Radiology; and Director MS Program, Medical Imaging and Imaging Informatics, Department of biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Chair Professor of Medical Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; and Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, The Chinese Academy of Sciences.