Image storing system for radiation therapy (radiation oncology informationsystem : ROIS) as a branch of diagnostic PACS; implementation and evaluation

We have implemented the new system that is called as ROIS for storing medic al images of the patients underwent radiotherapy as a branch of medium-scal e diagnostic PACS. It was estimated that, for about nine years, we can stor e all medical images of the patients who received radiation therapy under t he on-line storage condition. Further, we can retrieve all medical images o f the radiotherapy patients on ROIS faster than conventional film library o r on the diagnostic PACS, even if the patient had been treated many years a go. Implementation of ROIS provided us a great help in our clinical work. ( C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.