Distribution of workload over the working day in a PACS

Dennis L. Wilson; Donald V. Smith M.D.

doi:10.1117/12.174369

15 May 1994 Distribution of workload over the working day in a PACS

Dennis L. Wilson, Donald V. Smith M.D.

Proceedings Volume 2165, Medical Imaging 1994: PACS: Design and Evaluation; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174369
Event: Medical Imaging 1994, 1994, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

A new radiological exam spawns a collection of image movements in a PACS system. Historical images are fetched, images are moved to workstations for diagnosis, selected images are moved to other workstations for clinicians and for consultations. The distributions of the new images over the working day will establish the image load to which the PACS system must respond. At Madigan Army Medical Center 10.1% of the daily load of images occurs in the busiest hour of the day. Individual days may have an hour that has up to 15% of the average daily load. The PACS system must be able to handle the images that are spawned by the average 10.1% busy hour load with margin to be able to handle a 50% overload with acceptable degradation of the performance of the system.

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Dennis L. Wilson and Donald V. Smith M.D. "Distribution of workload over the working day in a PACS", Proc. SPIE 2165, Medical Imaging 1994: PACS: Design and Evaluation, (15 May 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.174369

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