Developing an Improved Radiology Workstation User Interface: A Photographic Survey of Current Approaches

Most PACS/IMACS development effort has been directed to hardware-related issues such as networks, databases and storage. Unfortunately, little attention has been focused on user interface design for radiology workstations, which in part has limited system acceptance by radiologists. The next generation PACS/IMACS will need to incorporate a refined, high-performance user interface optimized for efficient primary diagnosis, with enhancements for quantitative analysis and simplifications for remote clinical viewing.