Installation guide

E
external PACS archive
A PACS archive that resides outside the IMPAX
cluster.
H
HIS
Hospital Information System. The database
used by a hospital to manage patient
information and scheduling.
HIS verification
An option that forces the PACS to verify all
incoming images from an acquisition station or
modality against specific criteria, such as the
patient ID and accession number. The PACS
sends a message through the RIS Gateway to
verify the criteria against what is contained in
the HIS. If the criteria match, then the images
can be stored permanently.
hostname
The hostname is a common alphanumeric alias
for the IP address of a station.
I
image cache
Images arriving in the system and images
retrieved from archive locations are stored in
the image cache. These images are lossless
compressed.
IP address
The Internet Protocol address is a numeric
address that identifies the station to other
TCP/IP devices on the network.
J
jukebox archive
An archive with one or more drives where
media is loaded, with multiple slots that hold
the media for easy storage retrieval, and with
a robotic changer to move media around within
the jukebox.
M
master Curator
When using multiple Curators, the first Curator
that runs, which owns the job queue.
MVF_SCU
A process that runs on the Network Gateway to
handle store and retrieve jobs for the PACS
Store and Remember archive.
N
NAS
Network Attached Storage. A storage device
attached directly to a Storage Area Network
(SAN) or other direct network connection.
Network Gateway
The Network Gateway is part of the IMPAX
cluster and may be housed on its own computer
or may share the same computer as the Archive
and Database Servers. Essentially this is the
workflow manager of the IMPAX system. The
Network Gateway controls the studies coming
into the cluster from an acquisition station,
validates these incoming studies against
information from the HIS or RIS, and routes the
validated studies to cache or archive.
non-jukebox archive
Functions much like a jukebox archive, except
that it has no mailslots or changer. In a
non-jukebox archive configuration, a volume
is considered to be offline when it leaves the
drive, whereas in a jukebox configuration, the
volume is considered offline when it leaves the
jukebox—either via a mailslot or by manually
reaching in the case and retrieving the volume.
P
PACS
A Picture Archive and Communication Systems
(PACS) makes it possible to electronically store,
manage, distribute, and view images.
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