Ultrasound produces many single frames and cine loops in a few minutes, and most of them were never stored anywhere. AuraPACS receives them from the machine, keeps them against the patient, attaches the report, and puts images and report on the referring doctor's phone.
An ultrasound PACS stores the frames and cine loops the sonologist captures during a scan, files them against the patient, and keeps the report with them so the referring doctor sees both. AuraPACS receives ultrasound as DICOM from the machine onto a node in your centre, and shares the study and report by a secure WhatsApp link.
Ultrasound is the modality most often left out of a PACS. The images are small, the scan is quick and the report is what the referrer reads, so the frames stay on the machine until it runs out of space. That is a loss for follow-up scans and for the referring gynaecologist who wants to see what the report describes.
An ultrasound machine's hard disk is not an archive, and a thermal print is not a record.
The machine fills up and the technician clears old patients. The images from the last pregnancy scan are gone.
The referring gynaecologist gets a typed report and a thermal strip that fades, not the frames that back it up.
Cardiac or fetal motion clips are looked at once on the machine and never stored.
Serial growth scans cannot be laid side by side because only the numbers were written down.
In the absence of a digital copy, the family takes a phone photo of the monitor.
Front desk schedules the patient; the entry appears on the ultrasound worklist.
The sonologist captures frames and cine loops as usual and ends the exam.
The machine sends the study as DICOM to the node, where it is filed under the patient.
The sonologist writes on an ultrasound template and finalises a PDF on the study.
One secure WhatsApp link carries the images and the report to the referring doctor and the patient.
At the next visit the earlier scan is in the patient's history, ready to open.
| Ultrasound requirement | Why it matters | In AuraPACS |
|---|---|---|
| Many single frames | A scan produces dozens of stills in minutes | All frames received and filed under one study |
| Cine loops | Motion clips carry information a still cannot | Loops stored and played back in the browser |
| Report with images | The referrer wants to see what the report describes | PDF attached to the study; one link carries both |
| Serial scans | Obstetric follow-ups are compared visit to visit | Searchable patient history on your node |
| Quick turnaround | Patients often wait for the report at the desk | Template report, signed and shared in minutes |
| Small hardware footprint | Scan centres are small rooms, not server rooms | One on-premise node, cloud layer for backup |
Growth scans for referring gynaecologists.
Abdomen, pelvis, thyroid, small parts.
Ultrasound beside CT, MR and X-ray.
The scan and the delivery record in one place.
Open the images, not only the text, on a phone.
Most machines from the last several years do, either natively or with a DICOM option enabled. Once configured with the node's AE title and port it sends frames and loops at the end of each exam. The model is confirmed on a call.
Yes. Whatever the machine sends as DICOM, including multi-frame loops, is received and filed under the study and can be played back in the browser viewer.
Yes. The secure WhatsApp link opens both the frames and the report PDF on a phone, with no login. Every view is audited. See WhatsApp report sharing.
Reports are written on structured templates per modality, and ultrasound can carry separate templates for obstetric, abdominal, pelvic and other exams. The finalised PDF carries your branding and sits on the study.
Earlier scans are in the patient's searchable history on the node and open alongside the current one in the viewer, so the sonologist compares images and not only measurements.
No. It stores, displays and shares the images. The scan and its interpretation are by your sonologist.
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