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PACS n. picture archiving and communication system: an electronic system enabling the storage of digital images on electronic media, for later retrieval and subsequent display on high-resolution monitors. Images are moved using a hospital computer network, can be manipulated on screen, and can be viewed, simultaneously by more than one person, at local or distant sites.

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PACS

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PACS (pæks) Pacific area communications system
• Med. picture archiving and communication system

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "PACS." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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