Installation guide

A
APIP
Agfa Proprietary Imaging Protocol. Used to
receive the proprietary format, reformat the
images to DICOM, and redirect them to the
SCP. An APIP SCP is used specifically to
receive images from certain older Agfa image
sources.
Autopilot
Service that removes old and expired data
when the cache starts to get full. This
maintenance function keeps the database to a
manageable size.
B
browser
Software that allows a user to search through
information on a server. The term usually
refers to a universal client application, such as
Firefox or Internet Explorer, that interprets
HTML documents.
C
cc objects
Change Context (cc) objects are DICOM
objects used to communicate and synchronize
study metadata changes across multiple
IMPAX clusters.
CLUI
Command Line User Interface. A
command-line tool to help in the service of
IMPAX MVF. CLUI allows you to execute SQL
statements.
cluster
A networking solution combining two or more
otherwise independent computers, enabling
them to work together in managing hospital
data.
compression
Reduces the size of a file to save both file space
and transmission time. Lossless, lossy, and
wavelet are examples of compression types.
Curator
Curator is an IMPAX MVF server component.
It is responsible for compressing incoming
images into the Mitra Wavelet format and
storing them in the web cache. These studies
can be accessed by remote or local clients.
D
database
A collection of data that is organized so that
its contents can easily be accessed, managed,
and updated.
DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications in
Medicine. The standard communication
protocol used by a PACS, HIS, or modality to
exchange information or images with other
systems.
Glossary
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