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The first prototype PACS were installed in the late 1980s. These systems were mainly in house solutions established according to the local needs of the department and in close collaboration with a limited number of vendors like AT & T/Phillips, Vortech or Siemens [7]. Only a few dozen of these 1st generation systems were ever installed and almost none are still in active use, but the experience gained with these systems provided the basis for the next generation of PACS. These 2nd generation systems were installed by various manufacturers like Loral/ Siemens (now GE Medical Systems), Kodak, Siemens Medical Systems and AGFA among others. One typical feature of these systems was the use of standard computer hardware and standardised transmission protocols. Companies started to adhere to the ACR-NEMA and upcoming DICOM standard to allow for a higher level of interoperability with modalities, but still these systems allowed only for basic HIS/RIS-integration, limited network printing and used mostly proprietary solutions concerning their internal aspects. Some of these installations like the Hammersmith PACS in the United Kingdom [29,30], the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Centre in the United States [28], the Hokkaido University Hospital in Japan [16] or the SMZO in Vienna [14] for example were quite successful pioneers in the field and a lot of them are still in use [3].
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- Software Requirement Specification
- Computer Assisted Radiology
- Hospital Wide Information System
- Nuclear Medicine Gamma Camera
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Peer, S., Peer, R., Jaschke, W. (2001). Large PACS projects. In: Hruby, W. (eds) Digital (R)Evolution in Radiology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-3707-9_10
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