| The DICOM Viewer is one solution to the escalating | | | | world. |
| cost of health care. Consider the amount of money | | | | What It Is |
| that medical institutions and clinics spend processing | | | | A PACS DICM viewer is a software application that |
| and archiving images such as x-rays, CAT scans and | | | | runs on Windows, Mas OS and Linux. The first two |
| MRIs - not to mention the costs associated with | | | | words are acronyms that refer to the two elements |
| transferring such images when pathologists and other | | | | of the system; "PACS" stands for Picture Archive and |
| medical personnel require consultation with colleagues | | | | Communication System, and "DICOM" is short for |
| in distant locations - and the savings will become | | | | Digital Image and COMmunication in Medicine. The |
| apparent. The reason is that the DICOM Viewer is a | | | | latter is really nothing more than an image file format |
| format that is web-based and cross-platform. | | | | similar to the common ".jpeg" and ".gif" images used on |
| No More Development Costs | | | | websites; the difference is that DICOM was developed |
| One major expense (not to mention a hazard) that | | | | to meet the demands of the medical profession. This |
| hospitals and other health care facilities face is the | | | | specific format is why a special PACS DICOM vieer is |
| development process for many medical images. Like | | | | necessary. Fortunately, the cost is much less than you |
| traditional photographs, x-rays require expensive and | | | | would expect. |
| toxic chemicals, not to mention darkroom facilities and | | | | What Is an "Efilm DICOM Viewer"? |
| storage space. With the web-based DICOM viewer, | | | | Because it is software, there are several different |
| x-rays and other types of medical images can be | | | | DICOM viewers available. Some can be downloaded |
| stored on a web server, hard drive or portable media | | | | free on the Internet; however, these may not include |
| such as DVDs. Another advantage of the web-based | | | | the most advanced features that are necessary for |
| DICOM viewer is that it allows these images to be | | | | today's cutting-edge diagnostics, and usually do not |
| shared online over an intranet or the Internet and | | | | offer technical support. |
| viewed on any computer monitor - anywhere in the | | | | |