PACS Clients: computers with a DICOM viewer software, like OsiriX.The PACS Server software needs to be robust, working flawlessly 24/7, with a powerful database engine, capable of storing millions of DICOM images. A PACS Server: a computer with a lot of hard disk space and a PACS Server software.These informations can be found in the Preferences > Listener window in OsiriX. IP address, TCP/IP port number and AETitle is the information required to connect each DICOM Node to the DICOM network. The clients display the images by using a medical imaging software: a DICOM viewer.Įach computer in a DICOM network are identified by their network address (IP address), a communication port (TCP/IP port) and a name (AETitle): each computer is a DICOM Node in the DICOM network. The server and the clients communicates by using the DICOM protocol (DICOM C-Store, WADO or Query & Retrieve). The modalities (MRI, CT, PET, Ultrasounds, …) send the images to the PACS Server by using a DICOM “push” ( DICOM C-Store). Typically a PACS network consists of a central PACS server which stores a database containing the images, and of multiple clients that can retrieve and display these images on medical imaging software. Expansion: write your own plugins to extend the integration with any protocols/systems, including EMR, RIS or HIS.Web access through built-in web server, built-in HTML5 viewer compatible with any OS.Seamless integration with any DICOM viewers, through the DICOM protocol.Fully compatible with DICOM protocol (C-Move, C-Store, C-Find, C-Get, WADO).Fully compatible with Mac hardware and software.Unlimited number of simultaneous clients.Based on OsiriX DICOM engine and Database (SQLite) engine.You can use OsiriX as a PACS server with these benefits: Other computers, equipped with OsiriX, can store and retrieve images directly from the PACS server. Medical equipment can automatically store the medical images on the PACS server.

Install OsiriX as a PACS server What is PACS server?Ī PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) server is a computer for the short- and long-term storage, retrieval, management, distribution and presentation of medical images.

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