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A hospital-wide picture archiving and communication system (PACS) project is currently under development at the University Hospital of Geneva. The visualization and manipulation of images provided by different imaging modalities constitutes one of the most challenging component of a PACS. It was necessary to provide this visualization software on a number of types of workstations because of the varying requirements imposed by the range of clinical uses it must serve. The user interface must be the same, independent of the underlying workstation. In addition to a standard set of image-manipulation and processing tools, there is a need for more specific clinical tools that can be easily adapted to specific medical requirements. To achieve this goal, it was elected to develop a modular and portable software called OSIRIS. This software is available on two different operating systems (the UNIX standard X-11/OSF-Motif based workstations and the Macintosh family) and can be easily ported to other systems. The extra effort required to design such software in a modular and portable way was worthwhile because it resulted in a platform that can be easily expanded and adapted to a variety of specific clinical applications. Its portability allows users to benefit from the rapidly evolving workstation technology and to adapt the performance to suit their needs.
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Reprinted with permission from Medical Imaging VI: Picture Archiving and Communications Systems, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 1992.
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Ligier, Y., Ratib, O., Funk, M. et al. Portable image-manipulation software: What is the extra development cost?. J Digit Imaging 5, 176–184 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167767
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03167767