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One of the first basic PACS was created in 1972 by Dr Richard J. Steckel. [7]: 6 The principles of PACS were first discussed at meetings of radiologists in 1982. Various people are credited with the coinage of the term PACS. Cardiovascular radiologist Dr Andre Duerinckx reported in 1983 that he had first used the term in 1981.
PACS is an acronym with several meanings: Medicine. Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome; Partial Anterior Circulation Stroke Syndrome, the symptoms of a type of an ...
The first DICOM demonstrations at RSNA beginning in 1992 made use of a so-called "central test node", [6] which arguably was one of the first DICOM-based vendor neutral archives, though that label was not in use at the time. Homegrown PACS or mini-PACS typically described the archive and workstation as separate entities. [7]
This series of lists omits periods from acronyms and initialisms. It uses periods for certain abbreviations that traditionally often have them (mostly older Latin/Neo-Latin abbreviations). For example, both bid and b.i.d. may be found in the list. It generally uses the singular form of an abbreviation (not the plural) as the headword.
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
Abbreviation Term Description (notes) AC: Anterior chamber: fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium: AC 4/4: Grade 4 anterior chamber angle: open angle between cornea and iris AC 3/4: Grade 3 anterior chamber angle: AC 2/4: Grade 2 anterior chamber angle: AC 1/4: Grade 1 anterior chamber angle: AC 0/4: Grade 0 anterior chamber angle
The HESI Admission Assessment (A 2) is a standardized, computer-based admission test used by some nursing and allied health programs. [3] The exam is 285 minutes (4 hours and 45 minutes) and consists of 275 scored questions.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP); State achievement tests are standardized tests.These may be required in American public schools for the schools to receive federal funding, according to the US Public Law 107-110 originally passed as Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and currently authorized as Every Student Succeeds Act in 2015.