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PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems)

February 8, 2012

PACs – Various Network Technologies, Bandwidths and Typical Transfer Times for Radiological Imaging.

Network Technology Bandwidth Chest Radiograph 8.4MB Chest CT Scan50MB
T1 1.54Mb/s 43 sec 4.3 min
Ethernet 10Mb/s 6.7 sec 40 sec
Fast Ethernet 100Mb/s 0.7 sec 4 sec
ATM 155Mb/s 0.4 sec 2.6 sec
Gigabit Ethernet 1Gb/s 0.07 sec 0.4 sec