READS - A RADIOLOGY-ORIENTED ELECTRONIC ANALYSIS AND DISPLAY STATION

READS is a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) display program that is tailored to allow a radiologist to efficiently perform image review tasks. In this study, the image review process was obser ved and functional patterns were identified. These were used to define a design that was considered to represent the optimal balance of comp romises for a low-cost review station that also allowed easy addition of new functionality. As a result, a program was designed and implemen ted that has been found to be acceptable for image review and for spec ial image processing function development. Copyright (C) 1997 by W.B. Saunders Company.