<title>Development and evaluation of a clinical workstation for pulmonary disease diagnostic</title>

Abstract

Due to the increasing number of medical imaging modalities, the integration capacity of a PACS is necessary. Indeed, the PACS will lead the way in the introduction of advanced technology in the hospital. Among the elements that compose a PACS the elaboration of a software implemented in the workstation is the more essential part, because this software realizes the interface between the user and the system. The introduction of a workstation in the hospital imposes a fundamental change in the work of radiologists and clinicians. This paper deals with the design and the development of a clinical workstation for pulmonary disease diagnostic. The usual working method of the clinician is taken as a reference for the design of the workstation. A software with image manipulating and processing facilities running in a X Window environment is described. The evaluation of the workstation is then undertaken in the service of pneumology of the Pneumo-cardiologic hospital in Lyon. The conviviality and flexibility of the software is optimized in function of the suggestions and criticisms of users.