Mammography images are large and high-resolution, read with careful window/level, and almost always compared with the previous round. AuraPACS stores them on a node in your centre, opens them in a browser at full detail, keeps every prior in the patient's history and shares the report with the patient securely.
A mammography PACS receives the large, high-resolution images from the unit, stores them without loss of detail, presents them for reading with fine window/level control, and keeps every previous round so the radiologist can compare. AuraPACS does this on an on-premise node with a browser viewer, and attaches the signed report to the study for sharing.
Mammography puts two demands on a PACS that other modalities do not. The images are big, so storage and viewing must handle full resolution rather than a downsized copy. And comparison with priors is the norm, so the archive must find last year's study in seconds.
Mammography reading is slower and more careful than most, and the workflow around it has to respect that.
Last year's screening round is on a disc the patient may or may not have kept, so comparison is often impossible.
A JPEG on WhatsApp or a print loses the detail the radiologist needed.
The full-resolution image is only on the acquisition workstation, so reading waits for that seat.
The report is typed elsewhere and the patient receives paper with no connection to the study.
Breast imaging results are sensitive and need to reach the patient directly and securely.
The patient is booked once; the entry reaches the mammography worklist.
The technologist selects the patient on the unit; views are captured.
Full-resolution images are sent as DICOM to the node and filed under the patient.
The previous round is found in the patient history and opened beside today's.
Careful window/level in the browser; report on a mammography template, signed to PDF.
A secure link is sent to the patient and referring doctor on WhatsApp.
| Mammography requirement | Why it matters | In AuraPACS |
|---|---|---|
| Large high-resolution images | Detail is the whole point of the exam | Received and stored as sent; viewed at full detail in the browser |
| Careful window/level | Subtle differences in density are what the radiologist looks for | Window/level adjustment in the viewer |
| Prior comparison | Every round is read against the last | Searchable patient history; priors open alongside |
| Storage | Each study is heavy; years of screening add up | Archive sized to volume on your node, backed up offsite |
| Sensitive results | The patient should receive the report directly and privately | Secure link to the patient, every view audited |
| Radiologist availability | Breast imaging readers are often shared across centres | Remote reading in a browser through the cloud layer |
One unit alongside ultrasound and X-ray.
Screening rounds and follow-up in one history.
Surgeons open the study on the ward or in OPD.
Read the centre's list from home in a browser.
Serial rounds findable by patient over years.
Yes. The node receives whatever the unit sends as DICOM and stores it as received. The browser viewer opens the study at full detail rather than a preview copy.
Yes. Earlier studies are in the patient's searchable history on the node and can be opened alongside the current study in the viewer, with independent window/level.
The browser viewer provides window/level adjustment on the full-resolution image. Reading-room display hardware and its calibration remain your choice; AuraPACS does not supply monitors. See DICOM viewer.
By a secure link sent on WhatsApp, which opens the report PDF and, if you choose, the images, without any login. Access is role-based and every view is audited. See WhatsApp report sharing.
More per study than X-ray or ultrasound, because the images are large. The archive is on your own node and is sized to your annual volume on a call, with an encrypted offsite copy.
No. It stores, displays and shares the images. The read and the report are by your radiologist.
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