A General PACS-RIS Interface

1 Introduction.- 2 Towards Image Processing — Development of a Strategy for a Radiology Department.- 1 Motivation.- 2 Implementation Strategy.- 3 Medical Research.- 3 Developments and Current Trends in RIS and PACS.- 4 Interfaces between Systems — An Important Step in System Design.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Interfacing versus Integrating.- 3 Importance of Interfaces.- 4 Quality of Interfaces.- 5 Types of Interfaces, Reference Models.- 5 Standardizing Interfaces in Radiology — The ACR-NEMA Standard.- 1 The ACR-NEMA Standard.- 2 The Standard Product Interconnect (SPI).- 3 Applicability of ACR-NEMA to the RIS-PACS Interface.- 6 The Marburg Model.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Other Approaches to RIS-PACS Interface Specification.- 3 Description of the Model.- 4 Methodology to Construct the Model.- 5 Tools for Model Construction.- 6 Methodology to Derive the Interface.- 7 Experiences in Using the Methodology.- 8 Limitations of and Future Developments in the Methodology.- 7 A Detailed RIS-PACS Interface Specification — Based on the Marburg Model.- 1 The Model.- 2 The Interface.- 8 Future Perspectives and Research Needs.- List of Authors.