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Design and Performance Analysis of a Non-Standard EPICS Fast Controller
The large scientific projects present new technological challenges, such as
the distributed control over a communication network. In particular, the
middleware EPICS is the most extended communication standard in particle
accelerators. The integration of modern control architectures in these EPICS
networks is becoming common, as for example for the PXI/PXIe and xTCA hardware
alternatives. In this work, a different integration procedure for PXIe real
time controllers from National Instruments is proposed, using LabVIEW as the
design tool. This methodology is considered and its performance is analyzed by
means of a set of laboratory experiments. This control architecture is proposed
for achieving the implementation requirements of the fast controllers, which
need an important amount of computational power and signal processing
capability, with a tight real-time demand. The present work studies the
advantages and drawbacks of this methodology and presents its comprehensive
evaluation by means of a laboratory test bench, designed for the application of
systematic tests. These tests compare the proposed fast controller performance
with a similar system implemented using an standard EPICS IOC provided by the
CODAC system.Comment: This is the extended version of the Conference Record presented in
the IEEE Real-Time Conference 2014, Nara, Japan. This paper has been
submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Scienc
PACS integrated situational alignment framework: a quantitative approach for successful PACS alignment and performance assessment in hospitals
Hospitals are investing in Information Technology and Information Systems in order to improve their processes and workflow and hence, to optimize patient care. Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) have seen gradual uptake in hospitals to achieve this goal. PACS implementations and the consecutive expansion and integration with the Electronic Patient Record requires massive investments and cultural changes by hospital (clinical) staff prior and during organizational adoption. It is therefore essential that these systems are aligned properly with the hospital operations. Alignment approaches for PACS implementations and appropriate assessment methods have been underexposed in scientific literature. In this paper, we propose the PACS integrated situational alignment (PISA) Framework, a theoretical framework that is designed for the continuous assessment, monitoring, successful alignment of PACS, and performance measures for PACS deployment in the hospital enterprise. In addition, we set out a research agenda to elaborate on this elementary topic
The organizational implications of medical imaging in the context of Malaysian hospitals
This research investigated the implementation and use of medical imaging in the
context of Malaysian hospitals. In this report medical imaging refers to PACS,
RIS/HIS and imaging modalities which are linked through a computer network. The
study examined how the internal context of a hospital and its external context
together influenced the implementation of medical imaging, and how this in turn
shaped organizational roles and relationships within the hospital itself. It further
investigated how the implementation of the technology in one hospital affected its
implementation in another hospital. The research used systems theory as the
theoretical framework for the study. Methodologically, the study used a case-based
approach and multiple methods to obtain data. The case studies included two
hospital-based radiology departments in Malaysia.
The outcomes of the research suggest that the implementation of medical imaging in
community hospitals is shaped by the external context particularly the role played by
the Ministry of Health. Furthermore, influences from both the internal and external
contexts have a substantial impact on the process of implementing medical imaging
and the extent of the benefits that the organization can gain. In the context of roles
and social relationships, the findings revealed that the routine use of medical
imaging has substantially affected radiographers’ roles, and the social relationships
between non clinical personnel and clinicians. This study found no change in the
relationship between radiographers and radiologists. Finally, the approaches to
implementation taken in the hospitals studied were found to influence those taken by
other hospitals.
Overall, this study makes three important contributions. Firstly, it extends Barley’s
(1986, 1990) research by explicitly demonstrating that the organization’s internal and
external contexts together shape the implementation and use of technology, that the
processes of implementing and using technology impact upon roles, relationships
and networks and that a role-based approach alone is inadequate to examine the
outcomes of deploying an advanced technology. Secondly, this study contends that
scalability of technology in the context of developing countries is not necessarily
linear. Finally, this study offers practical contributions that can benefit healthcare
organizations in Malaysia
Addendum to Informatics for Health 2017: Advancing both science and practice
This article presents presentation and poster abstracts that were mistakenly omitted from the original publication
Digital Preservation Services : State of the Art Analysis
Research report funded by the DC-NET project.An overview of the state of the art in service provision for digital preservation and curation. Its focus is on the areas where bridging the gaps is needed between e-Infrastructures and efficient and forward-looking digital preservation services. Based on a desktop study and a rapid analysis of some 190 currently available tools and services for digital preservation, the deliverable provides a high-level view on the range of instruments currently on offer to support various functions within a preservation system.European Commission, FP7peer-reviewe
BlogForever D3.2: Interoperability Prospects
This report evaluates the interoperability prospects of the BlogForever platform. Therefore, existing interoperability models are reviewed, a Delphi study to identify crucial aspects for the interoperability of web archives and digital libraries is conducted, technical interoperability standards and protocols are reviewed regarding their relevance for BlogForever, a simple approach to consider interoperability in specific usage scenarios is proposed, and a tangible approach to develop a succession plan that would allow a reliable transfer of content from the current digital archive to other digital repositories is presented
PACS for the Developing World
Digital imaging is now firmly ensconced in the developed world. Its widespread adoption has enabled instant access to images, remote viewing, remote consultation, and the end of lost or misplaced film. Unfortunately, the current paradigm of Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), with advanced technology inseparable from high complexity, high purchase costs, and high maintenance costs, is not suited for the low-income developing world. Like the simple, easy to repair, 1950’s American cars still running on the streets of Havana, the developing world requires a PACS (DW-PACS) that can perform basic functions and survive in a limited-resource environment. The purpose of this article is to more fully describe this concept and to present a blueprint for PACS tailored to the needs and resources of the developing world. This framework should assist both users looking for a vendor-supplied or open-source solutions and developers seeking to address the needs of this emerging market
Multimedia information technology and the annotation of video
The state of the art in multimedia information technology has not progressed to the point where a single solution is available to meet all reasonable needs of documentalists and users of video archives. In general, we do not have an optimistic view of the usability of new technology in this domain, but digitization and digital power can be expected to cause a small revolution in the area of video archiving. The volume of data leads to two views of the future: on the pessimistic side, overload of data will cause lack of annotation capacity, and on the optimistic side, there will be enough data from which to learn selected concepts that can be deployed to support automatic annotation. At the threshold of this interesting era, we make an attempt to describe the state of the art in technology. We sample the progress in text, sound, and image processing, as well as in machine learning
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