The CARESTREAM PACS CD Direct Suite allows you to create media discs (CDs or DVDs) containing image data.
If the CARESTREAM PACS IS Link Software is installed on your system, you can also burn (copy) radiology reports to the CD. The CD contains the original uncompressed DICOM image data along with a viewer, which allows anyone with a PC to view the images.
All CD Direct Suite operations, including configuration of the system and monitoring burn requests, are performed from the CD Direct Suite Queue Manager window.
The CD Direct Suite comprises the software and hardware, including the CD Manager Server and a CD burner, necessary to produce CDs that contain image data.
CD Manager Server–the CD Manager Server includes a DICOM server that allows the CD Direct Suite to receive images through a DICOM copy or move command issued from an external DICOM device. The CD Manager Suite prepares the content for each media disc (CD or DVD), including reports, DICOM DIR, DICOM Viewer, JPEG Lossy presentation of the images, and HTML page for quick viewing of the Lossy images.
CD Burner–the CD Direct Suite uses a CD burner (a RIMAGE CD publishing system or another CD burner set up with your system). If you use a RIMAGE CD publishing system, you can print patient information on the face of the CDs (see the RIMAGE CD publishing system user guide for information about printing).
Cost-effective
Eliminates the need for handling patient films.
Creates CDs without the fear of ruining image data.
Provides hospitals with the option to give CDs to referring physicians.
Provides referring physicians with the option to give patients CDs or the option to keep CDs for their own records.
Ability to burn reports to a CD.
Burns CDs in DICOM part 10 format (removable media).
NOTE: The CD Direct Viewer is not intended for primary diagnostic viewing. See the user documentation for the CARESTREAM PACS CD Direct Suite for more information.
For information about defining the CD Direct Suite configuration parameters, see this topic: