Picture Archiving and Communication System
type: ApplicationComponent
type: ComputerBasedApplicationComponent
type: EntityType
concept domain: health care specific
page: 126
chapter: Thesaurus
communicates with: ComputerizedPhysicianOrderEntrySystem
communicates with: MedicalDocumentationSystem
communicates with: PatientDataManagementSystem
communicates with: RadiologyInformationSystem
supports: ExecutionOfRadiologicalProcedures
typical feature: FeatureArchivePictures
typical feature: FeatureCommunicatePictures
typical feature: FeatureDisplayPictures
typical feature: FeatureModifyPresentationOfPictures
typical feature: FeatureSearchForOldPictures
label: Bildarchivierungs- und Kommunikationssystem @de
label: سامانه بایگانی و تبادل تصویر @fa
subclass of: ComputerBasedApplicationComponent
alternative label: PACS
definition: Application component that supports the storage, management, manipulation, and presentation of digital images and their communication to attached workstations for the diagnosing specialists or for the ordering departments.