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Software gratuito: uma opção para o radiologista?
2010; Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem; Volume: 43; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1590/s0100-39842010000500003
ISSN1678-7099
AutoresLuiz Felipe Nobre, Aldo von Wangenheim,
Tópico(s)Radiology practices and education
ResumoIn the last 15 years, since the publication of the first free DICOM server/viewer – the Central Test Node (CTN) – in 1994, a plethora of free tools for digital radiological images visualization/storage have been made available on the web. In an excellent article published in the present issue of Radiologia Brasileira, Barra et al. provide a concrete notion of these applications, presenting a systematic analysis on the different DICOM viewers which, initially can run on simple radiology workstations. However, the list of free applications is much more comprehensive, including from Hospital Information Systems (HIS) such as Medical-BR, a HIS with Electronic Health Record (EHR) available at the Brazilian Public Software Portal, to complex Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS), such as conQuest, PacsOne, OFFIS DCMTK or even the current version of CTN (presently included in the Linux DebianMed package). It is important to establish a difference between free software and freeware: the first one is available at national or international servers with open source codes and can be changed and improved by users upon download, besides gathering a worldwide community of developers who assure a quality standard and provide technical support. The second one is proprietary and closed source that is available for use at no cost, but that cannot be changed or adapted by users, thus its utilization may be difficult, for example, by a network administrator in a radiology
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