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PACS Acronyms!There are a large number of PACS Acronyms. This list is a continually evolving list of the current acronyms used in PACS which includes acronyms form the IT and Radiology world. I will be updating this page when I identify a missing acronym so it is not yet an exhaustive list. If you know of one missing, let me know by using the form below.
ACR -- American College of Radiology AHRA -- American Hospital Radiology Association AIT -- Advanced Intelligent Tape. ARRT -- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists ASP -- Application Service Provider. ASRT -- American Society of Radiologic Technologists CIIP -- Certified Imaging Informatics Professional CPSA -- Certified PACS System Administrator CR -- Computed Radiography CRT -- Cathode Ray Tube. CT -- Computed Tomography CTA -- Computed Tomography Angiography DB -- Database DICOM -- Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine. DR -- Digital Radiography DVD -- Digital Versatile Disk. FDA -- Food and Drug Administration FT -- Fault tolerance GB -- GigaByte HIMSS -- Health Information and Management Systems Society. HIS -- Hospital Information System HL7 -- Health Level 7. HP -- Hanging Protocols HSM -- Hierarchical Storage Manager. IHE -- IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise. JCAHO -- Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospitals LAN -- LAN Local Area Network. LCD -- LCD Liquid Crystal Display. LTO -- LTO Linear Tape Open. MB -- MegaBytes MIRC -- Medical Image Resource Center. MPR -- Multi-Planer Reformats MQSA -- Mammography Quaity and Standards Act MRI -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging NAS -- Network Attached Storage. NM -- Nuclear Medicine ODBC -- Open Database Connectivity. PACS -- Picture Archiving and Communication System PARCA -- PACS Administrator Registry and Certification Association QA -- Quality Assurance RAID -- Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks. RF -- Radiologic Flouroscopy RFP -- Request for Proposal RFS -- Request from Solution RIS -- Radiology Information System RSNA -- Radiological Society of North America SAN -- Storage Area Network. SIIM -- Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine. SPIE -- International Society of Photo Optical Engineers SQL -- Structured Querying Language. SR -- Structured Report TB -- TeraByte US -- Ultrasonography VPN -- Virtual Private Networks. WAN -- Wide Area Network. XA -- Xray Angiography
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