TIMS web-based image management system servers require Windows NT or Windows 2000 running IIS 5.0, SQL 7 or SQL 2000. Many other standard configurations are available. Check with a TIMS representative. PACS is an acronym standing for P icture A rchiving and C ommunication S ystem. Historically, PACS systems have been designed around proprietary hardware and software.
Installations run several million dollars.
The Internet can mean many different things. Most applications of the Internet for image management have been limited to using the Internet for communications and viewing. Proprietary and costly application software is just linked to the Internet. TIMS is very different. Millions of people every day help lower the operating costs of the Internet.