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5CArmAcronymsYouNeedtoKnow
PostedbySimeonLowe
Apr3,20124:35:00PM
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Letsbehonestweveallbeeninascenariowhereanacronymhasbeenusedinconversation
andwe'vefeltliketheoddoneoutbecausewedidntreallyknow
whatitmeant.Startingtoreminisceonsomepainfulmiddle
schoolmemories?
Good.Letsmoveon.
Themedicalworldisnostrangertoassigningacronymsto
commonlyusedphrasesorcomponentnames.Ifyou'renewto
owningorusingacarm,knowingwhattheseabbreviationsmean
willhelpyouunderstandthelingoandallowforclearercommunicationbetweenyou,yourstaff,andthe
serviceprovidersworkingonyourcarmequipment.
Letsbreakdownafewacronymscommonlyusedtoreference
functionsandpartsforCArms:
1.DICOM
DICOM:DigitalImagingandCommunicationsinMedicineAstandardforhandling,storing,
printingandtransmittinginformationinmedicalimaging.DICOMfilescanbeexchanged
betweentwoentitiesthatarecapableofreceivingimagesandpatientdataintheDICOM
format.
Toallowforcleanintegrationbetweenscannersandprintersthereneedstobeacommon
communicationlanguage.DICOMisthegenerallyacceptedfileformatofthemedicalimagingworld.As
withmostcommunicationprotocols,DICOMiscontinuallybeingtweakedbytheNationalElectrical
ManufacturersAssociation(orNEMA)astheyarethepatentholdersofthisfileformat.
2.PACS
PACS:PictureArchivingandCommunicationSystemAmedicalimagingnetwork
technologywhichprovideseconomicalstorageof,andconvenientaccessto,imagesfrom
multiplemodalities.
ThePACSserverplaysanintegralroleintheexporting,sharingandstoringofpatientinformationand
images.Fromlargercardiaccinesequencestoindividualspotfilms,thisservercanhostamultitudeof
differentstudiesfromaplethoraofmodalities.GettingaPACSserversetupandcommunicating
properlycanbeaverytediousprocess.Doyourhomeworkandmakesurethatyourebringingina
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qualifiedPACSadministratortocompletethisoperation.
3.CCDCamera
CCDCamera:ChargeCoupledDeviceCameraAcamerawhichincorporatesaCCDto
createhighresolutionimagesunderavarietyoflightconditions.
Tomaintainyourcarmsexcellentimagequality,yourCCDcamerawillneedtobeperiodically
checkedandcalibrated.Thiscameraiscoupledwithanotherimportantcarmpartcommonlycalledthe
II.
4.II
II:ImageIntensifierImagingcomponentwhichconvertsxraysintoavisibleimage.
Theimageintensifierisoneofthemostsignificantcomponentsonyourcarm.Thistakesthexray
emittedfromthetubeandtranslatesitintoavisibleimage.Imageintensifiersizewilloftendetermine
whattypesofstudieswillbedoneonagivenmachine.Themostcommonimageintensifierdimensions
onthecarmmarketarebetween6"12.
5.CPUBoard
CPUboardCentralProcessingUnitThemaincoreand"brain"ofyoursystem's
computer.
AfunctioningCPUboardiscrucialtoyoursystem'soverallfunctionality.Itallowstheinternal
componentsofyourCarmtocommunicateandworkintandemtogether.
Thesearejustafewoftheacronymsassociatedwithcarmpartsandaccessories.Hopefully,thenext
timeyourserviceproviderfiresoneoftheseatyou,you'llbeready.Ifyoudon'thavearegularservice
providerorifyoustillhavequestionsaboutthetechnology,BlockImagingParts&Servicehas
engineeringandmedicalimagingpartsspecialiststhatcanhelpansweryourquestionsandfindwhat
youneedforyourcarm.
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Meet the authors- Simeon Lowe and Jordan Batterbee
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