The Alternator: Determination of its Fundamental Features, as a Basis for Design of a PACS Diagnostic Workstation

To successfully replace the alternator as the preferred diagnostic tool, the technology incorporated into a PACS diagnostic workstation must duplicate, if not surpass, the most important or fundamental features of the alternator. Alternatively, incorporating the alternator into a more global view of the operations of the radiology environment as a whole, the workstation may provide capabilities not available in a film-based system, such as sophisticated image processing techniques, communications capabilities, and data management services.