The use of a picture archiving and communication system to catalogue visible-light photographic images.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate that anatomic visible-light photographs can be catalogued using a system primarily intended for viewing radiographic images. One hundred four patients from April 2004 through November 2005 were evaluated for lower extremity venous insufficiency, lower extremity varicose veins, and/or telangiectasias. All consultation reports, duplex ultrasound reports with images, and lower extremity photographic images were archived in the radiology department's picture archiving and communication system. The picture archiving and communication system provides an electronic alternative to using a conventional, manual, or analog method of storing photographic images. Use of a picture archiving and communication system for the archiving of photographic images can be a valuable tool for an interventional radiologist's vein practice.