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Now that picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) has matured, o
ur challenge is to make the images available to the referring physician and
, in a teaching institution, to make these images available for conferences
and rounding. One solution is the distribution of the images using web-bas
ed technology. We investigated a web-based add-on to our PACS to determine
the characteristics of the personal computer that will make this technology
useful and affordable. We found that images can be viewed easily through a
web-based system. We found that the optimal system to view these images at
a reasonable speed and a reasonable cost is on with a medium-range process
or (200 to 300 MHz) and a large amount of inexpensive RAM, at least 64 Mb.
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