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OpenSourcePACS: an extensible infrastructure for medical image management.

Alex A T Bui¹, Craig Morioka, John David N Dionisio

¹UCLA Medical Imaging Informatics Group, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. buia@mii.ucla.edu

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine : a Publication of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

|January 26, 2007

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openSourcePACS offers a free, common foundation for Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS). This open-source solution supports basic PACS implementation and the development of new imaging applications and services.

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Medical Informatics
Software Engineering

Background:

Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) development has been dominated by proprietary vendor solutions.
Existing open-source projects often focus on specific image management tasks rather than comprehensive systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce openSourcePACS, an open-source platform for building and extending PACS functionalities.
To facilitate the development of novel imaging applications and services on a common foundation.

Main Methods:

Development of four core Java-based software modules: image order entry, agent-based image server, image viewer, and reporting/dissemination.
Implementation using Java for cross-platform compatibility.
Demonstration through a preliminary application for primary care/specialist communication.

Main Results:

openSourcePACS provides a modular framework for implementing basic PACS and advanced imaging services.
The system supports structured requisitions, distributed image services beyond DICOM, advanced image viewing, and web-based reporting.
A functional prototype demonstrating primary care/specialist communication was successfully developed.

Conclusions:

openSourcePACS offers a flexible, open-source foundation to advance PACS development and adoption in academic and research settings.
The project aims to foster wider innovation and usage of PACS and imaging applications.