AN EVALUATION OF 10 DIGITAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATIONS

A suite of performance tests are defined and performed on a total of 1 0 primary diagnostic image review workstations. System architectures, user interface, image manipulation tools, and data retrieval rates are discussed and analyzed. Performance timings are normalized to MB/sec to remove image file size dependencies from the data analysis. Althoug h it is likely that some performance and capacity data may be dated as this article goes to press, it is hoped that the test definitions, me thodology, and baseline data will aid those contemplating equipment pu rchases to make a more informed choice. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Sau nders Company.