A typical MIDE Network is illustrated in Figure above.
MIDE can be broken down into five broad sub-categories:
Modalities that capture or generate the images
Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) that store the generated images and make them available to the physicians and nurses for diagnosis and treatment
Radiology Information Systems (RIS) and Hospital Information Systems (HIS) that monitor and manage the work flow of radiology departments and entire hospitals, all the way from the patient check-in, to scheduling and billing, to generating electronic medical records and management reporting.
Computed Radiography (CR) that helps convert films to digital images on cassettes or Digital Radiography (DR) that provides cassette-less digital images
Laser printers that print films when required and other peripherals Fig- Medical imaging and diagnostic equipment Network
The challenge of handling large volumes of patient-related data and images has now outgrown traditional ways of dealing with such information. Sharing, retrieving, saving, and viewing high-resolution medical images (MRIs, X-rays, etc) in conjunction with corresponding patient information accurately and reliably every time demands technology like Picture Archive Communication System (PACS)
SaaS Based Payment Model Software as a service (SaaS) is a software application delivery model where a software vendor develops a web-native software application and hosts and operates (either independently or through a third-party) the application for use by its customers over the Internet.
Customers do not pay for owning the software itself but rather for using it. SaaS is generally associated with business software and is typically thought of as a low-cost way for businesses to obtain the same benefits of commercially licensed, internally operated software without the associated complexity and high initial cost.
Many types of software are well suited to the SaaS model, where customers may have little interest or capability in software deployment, but do have substantial computing needs.