Picture archiving and communication systems in digital cytology

• Main Authors: Sandra Morelli (Author), Mauro Grigioni (Author), Maria Rosaria Giovagnoli (Author), Simone Balzano (Author), Daniele Giansanti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

The paper describes a fundamental feature of digital cytology relevant to the implementation of the technology in the hospital net services: the electronic recording of the virtual slides (VS) in the hospital information system (HIS) through a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). Starting from the digital cytology (D-CYT) state of art and considering the most important products in the field, particular attention has been devoted in this review to the comparison with the digital radiology (D-RAD). Two main indications emerged from the study: 1. there is not a standard in the digital files relevant to the virtual slides in D-CYT, while in D-RAD the standard digital imaging and communications in medicine (DICOM), introduced by the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), has been adopted from several years; 2. the PACS in D-CYT are not standardized from manufacturers. The study makes a proposal of a useful software architecture to improve the PACS integration for D-CYT applications, with potentialities in the HIS.

Item Description

0021-2571
10.4415/ANN_10_02_05