PACS Archiving and Peripherals Worksheet

Contains the master database of everything that is in the archive
A place where records or documents are preserved
Consists of the physical storage device of the archive system
Another name for Image Storage
This represents a specific level of archive
This term means being online or available very quickly
Composed of several magnetic disks or hard drives that are linked together in an array
Optical Disks, tape , and magentic disks are examples of this
The term used to describe the process of transferring digitized images for delivery at a distance
This scans the analog film and produces numeric signals for each part of the scanned film
Digitizer that uses a helium neon laser beam to convert analog film into a digital image
Digitizer that uses fluorescent bulbs that shine through the film
These use chemicals to process the film that has been exposed to the laser
Uses heat to process the latent image that is etched into the silver emulsion by the laser
These are used for images to be shared outside of the radiology department