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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have one radiologist who transitioned his home reading station from using a local PACS viewer to reading images through a virtual desktop (images are loaded on a virtual machine, and the display is streamed,
uncompressed, to his home workstation). This is supposedly to help with network bandwidth issues with slow image loading.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I’ve verified that the images are translating to the proper display luminance by loading test patterns in PACS on the virtual machine and viewing them on the home displays. Similarly high contrast bar patterns
display properly as well.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Our system is considering rolling this out to more radiologists, so I’d like to check to make sure I’m not missing anything that could compromise image quality. Has anyone had experience with radiologists
using a similar virtual desktop setup to view images? Are there any pitfalls that I may be overlooking?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Lee M Kiessel, PhD, DABR </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">| Chief Diagnostic Physicist<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Avera McKennan Hospital and University Health Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1325 S Cliff Ave | Sioux Falls, SD 57105<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Direct: 605-322-6279 | Cell: 605-838-8089<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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