Assessment of PACS display systems.
This work describes our experience in reviewing the performance criteria for display systems and how we have implemented a practical approach to the assessment of the workstation environment in a large tertiary care hospital. The acceptance criteria contained in the draft report of Topic Group 18 of...
| Published in: | Journal of Digital Imaging Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 287 - 296 |
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| Format: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Dec2005
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