What is PACS and how does it affect radiology monitor workflows?
2026-03-05
PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) is the image backbone that stores, organizes, and delivers studies across radiology. It shapes monitor workflows through PACS viewers and hanging protocols—how images are laid out, rendered, windowed, and compared with priors—so diagnostic display performance must be validated inside real PACS workflows, not in isolation.