Keywords: PACSdiagram.jpg en Basic elements of a generic PACS Images from the modalities are sent to short term RAID storage and archived simultaneously Access to images is enabled through the high speed local area network LAN which distributes the images to clinical and diagnostic workstations and to a Web server Glossary NM Nuclear Medicine; US Ultrasound; HIS Hospital Information System; RIS Radiology Information System; RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks own Kieranmaher 2001-01-01 Reproduced with permission from Heggie JCP Liddell NA Maher KP 2001 Applied Imaging Technology 4th Edition Physics diagrams |