Medical Imaging equipment from GE and all the other vendors mentioned do NOT run on windows.
Unix, Apple, VAX, DOS, and many proprietory/custom made OS's are used.
Ok so there is not much in the way of VAX still around.
TCP/IP networking is required for many devices and image aquisition/processing stations.
The DICOM "protocol" runs on top of TCP/IP stack.
IT's not much of protocol, more like some custom commands for imaging purposes.
Most digital medical images require lots a filtering(fourier space etc).
Some of the cardiac SPECT studies are VERY cpu intensive.
Thus the Unix as OS.
If a station/terminal is only for image acquisition a lesser OS can be used however.
Every time we had an upgrade something broke.
Hope that clears things up a little.
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Medical Imaging equipment from GE and all the other vendors mentioned do NOT run on windows. Unix, Apple, VAX, DOS, and many proprietory/custom made OS's are used. Ok so there is not much in the way of VAX still around. TCP/IP networking is required for many devices and image aquisition/processing stations. The DICOM "protocol" runs on top of TCP/IP stack. IT's not much of protocol, more like some custom commands for imaging purposes. Most digital medical images require lots a filtering(fourier space etc). Some of the cardiac SPECT studies are VERY cpu intensive. Thus the Unix as OS. If a station/terminal is only for image acquisition a lesser OS can be used however. Every time we had an upgrade something broke. Hope that clears things up a little.
Makes you proud to be an American...oh dam! I forgot I'm Canadian.
What you mean Americans actually read CNN...why?