Exam 9: Picture Archiving and Communication System Fundamentals

Early PACS radiologists believed that they needed four to six monitors to view images.

The acronym RIS stands for ______ system.

Any computer that a health care worker uses to view a digital image is a(n)

The acronym PACS stands for ______ system.

Which set of functions is used to move through images,series,studies,and patients?

What term is used to describe the reading of images outside of the hospital walls,generally at home or in remote locations?

In which system architecture do the acquisition modalities send their images directly to a designated workstation?

Incorrect patient demographic information is unimportant in a PACS.

Which advanced function uses a histogram-type graph to differentiate various structures using different colors that represent each of the intensities in the image?

Which advanced function is used most often in computed tomography to visualize contrast medium-filled vessels separate from the surrounding tissue?

If the number of ______ increase(s)on a monitor,resolution _______.

Which workstation might be used to print copies of images or burn images to a CD for outside use?

Which workstation is used to review images after acquisition but before being sent off for reporting?

A square table of numbers that represents the intensity to be displayed on the monitor is a

Which is the most interactive part of a PACS?

In which system architecture do the images and application software reside on a central server?

Which function can be used to orient the image in the anatomic hanging position?

Which function increases the size of an area on the image?

Which part of the PACS houses all of the historic digital image data along with the current digital data being generated by the modalities?

Which advanced workstation function can reconstruct images into another plane?