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Implementation of PACS and Digital Imaging
8 Hours ARRT Category A Credit
Gary Stevens, Ed.M., RT(R)
About this Seminar
This seminar is designed to update your skills and improve your understanding of filmless digital imaging and PACS (Picture Archiving & Communication Systems). As a result of breakthroughs in the ability to capture medical images in digital form and the ever expanding capabilities of computer technology to store, transmit and display images, barriers to the utilization of information technology in radiology are being rapidly eliminated. This revolution in how we acquire, communicate and store images will have a profound impact on the profession. Today’s radiology personnel must be educating themselves to utilize this rapidly advancing technology and participate in it’s appropriate implementation.
Educational Objectives
At the completion of this seminar, participants will:
  • Identify the major components of a PACS, their functions and common terminology.
  • Describe the technology of digital projection imaging.
  • Describe the basics of networking in a radiology department and how the DICOM standard communicates digital image and demographic information.
  • Identify common problems in the acquisition and communication of digital projection images via PACS
  • Understand common issues with DICOM connectivity.
  • Compare soft-copy and hard-copy display technologies.
  • Understand some of the pitfalls of RIS to PACS integration.
Locations & Dates
Charlotte, NC Mar 20, 10
Cincinnati, OH Apr 17, 10
Phoenix, AZ Oct 23, 10

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Who Should Attend
Medical imaging personnel including managers, supervisors and technologists from hospitals and imaging centers interested in the rapidly evolving technology of digital radiographic systems and PACS will find this seminar of value. It is also appropriate for hospital information systems personnel involved in incorporating digital medical images into their systems. Personnel from vendors providing these systems may also find the seminar of interest.
About the Instructor
Gary Stevens, Ed.M., RT(R)
Gary holds a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Illinois.He has over twenty years experience in diagnostic radiology including positions as a staff technologist, a supervisor, a Senior Systems Analyst and PACS Administrator at Loyola University Health Systems in Chicago. Gary has been an Instructor of Radiography for 14 years. He is a Life Member of the Illinois State Society of Radiologic Technologists and a member of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists. Gary has also authored several publications and lectured extensively on the radiological sciences.
Seminar Credit
This program provides 8 hours of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of the seminar. All attendees must attend the entire seminar to receive full credit.
Seminar Schedule
8:00 am Registration and Coffee
8:30 am Overview of PACS
  • Components and terminology
  • Computer basics
9:20 am Networks: The Backbone of Your System
  • Functions of the network
  • Components of a network
  • Common networking issues
  • The DICOM standard
10:10 am Informal Discussion and Break
10:20 am Digital Imaging
  • How images are captured digitally
        - CR vs. DR
  • Modality intergration, how images are migrated to PACS
  • Issues with softcopy display of images
  • Hardcopy display of images
12:00 noon Lunch - (on your own)
1:00 pm RIS to PACS Integration
  • Pitfalls of integration
  • Workarounds
2:20 pm Informal Discussion and Break
2:30 pm Implementation and Maintenance of the Final System
  • How images get stored, recalled and displayed
  • How PACS Administrator(s) maintain the system
  • Security concerns
  • Future integrations
  • Advantages and issues with the filmless department
4:30 pm Adjourn
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Charlotte, NC - March 20, 2010

Hilton Garden Inn Charlotte/Ayrsley
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Cincinnati, OH - April 17, 2010
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