PACS Engineers & Administrators Certification (Phase 2)
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Overview
The PACS Engineers & Administrators Certification Phase 2 course will teach the indepth technical interface and integration skills necessary to troubleshoot and solve any of today’s toughest system administrative problems. Students will learn the in-depth troubleshooting techniques of digital imaging systems, modalities, and information management systems such as HIS, RIS, PACS and tele-radiology. Students will be able to analyze problems with non-invasive DICOM sniffing software to pinpoint the source of digital imaging problems and determine the appropriate corrective action.
Prerequisites
The seasoned service professional must have a basic understanding of computer fundamentals and navigating windows operation systems and completion of PACS Engineers & Administrators Certification Phase 1. Students are required to bring their own laptop.
Objectives
Upon completion of the course participants will be able to:
- Understand PACS system administration
- Understand and implement security policies and procedures required to protect and maintain critical medical records, including information systems and images
- Understand and troubleshoot image-quality – related DICOM problems
- Pinpoint image transmission problems regardless of the manufacturer
- Perform necessary corrective action
Tuition: $3995
Course Length: 1 Week
CEU's Awarded: 4 CEU’s
Dates:
- Sep 18-22, 2023 - eLearning
- Feb 5-9, 2024 - eLearning
- Sep 23-27, 2024 - eLearning
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Course Outline
- PACS Technologies
- Workflow
- Analysis
- Tools
- Issues
- CR/DR Workflow
- Administrator Workflow Mapping
- PACS System Administration
- Project Management
- System Maintenance
- Image and Information Management (IIM)
- Security and HIPAA Requirements for PACS
- HIPAA Requirements for PACS
- Codes
- Identifiers
- HIPAA Implementation Zones
- HIPAA Administration
- Lab activity
- Build open source PAC’s system
- Advanced DICOM
- DICOM Storage and Image Management
- Storage Service Class
- Single frame
- Multi-frame
- Storage Commitment
- Storage Service Class
- MPPS: Modality Performed Procedure Step
- MPPS Manager
- RIS
- PACS
- MWL
- DICOM Print
- Film Sessions
- Film Box
- DICOM Storage and Image Management
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- Annotation Box
- Print Job
- Presentations
- LUT’s
- Query/Retrieve
- Query/Retrieve – FIND
- Query/Retrieve – MOVE – GET
- Query/Retrieve – CANCEL
- SR (Structured Reporting)
- Simple Reporting (Basic)
- Intermediate Reporting (Enhanced)
- Complex Reporting (Comprehensive)
- Key Object Note
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- DICOM Image Quality
- Pixel Representation
- Allocated/Stored/High Bit
- Monochrome/RGB
- Signed/Unsigned
- Image Pixel Pipeline
- LUT (Look Up Tables)
- Modality LUT
- Masks
- VOI LUT
- Presentation LUT
- Workstation Configuration to Radiologist Preferences
- Customization
- Toolbars
- Hanging Protocols
- Grayscale Standard Display Function (GSDF)
- Calibration Methods
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- Presentation State
- Overlays
- Pixel Data
- Overlay Plane
- Compression
- Lossy/Lossless
- JPEG
- MPEG
- RLE
- Wavelet
- DICOM Media
- Media Specifications
- Physical Media
- File Structure
- DICOMDIR
- Application Profiles
- CD Interchange Issues
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- DICOM Networking
- PDU’s (Protocol Data Units)
- DICOM AE’s
- IP/Port/Subnet Mask/Default Gateway
- DICOM Messages
- DIMSE Commands
- Command Sets
- Data Sets
- Tag-Length
- VR/VM (Value Representation/Value Multiplicity)
- Explicit/Implicit VR’s
- Decoding VR’s
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- Specialization and Privatization
- Proprietary DICOM
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- DICOM Networking
- DICOM Devices
- SCU/SCP (Service Class User/Service Class Provider)
- FSR/FDC/FSU
- Device Negotiation
- ID
- Abstract Syntax
- Transfer Syntax
- Presentation Context
- DICOM Association
- DICOM Devices
- DICOM Troubleshooting
- Sniffers and Testing Software
- Active Test Tools
- Configure & Troubleshoot Using DICOM Emulators
- Passive Test Tools
- Configure & Troubleshoot Using Non-invasive DICOM Sniffers
- Active Test Tools
- Sniffers and Testing Software
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- Interpret DICOM Logs
- Evaluate DICOM Dumps
- Course Review
- PACS Engineer & Administrator Phase II Exam
- Course Evaluation
- Windows PACS Server:
- Assemble Server with RAID Array
- Configure & Format RAID Array
- Install Windows OS
- Install MySQL Database
- Configure MySQL Database
- Install Open-Source PACS software
- Configure Open-Source PACS software
- Test Open-Source PACS install using various modalities & laptop troubleshooting tools
- Linux PACS Server:
- Assemble Server with RAID Array
- Configure & Format RAID Array
- Install Linux OS
- Install MySQL Database
- Configure MySQL Database
- Install Open-Source PACS software
- Configure Open-Source PACS software
- Test Open-Source PACS install using various modalities & laptop troubleshooting tools