The school has already acquired a drug interaction database which will serve as an additional information resource in the clinic. Image management Image management is a critical component of Computer Based Instruction. The Dental School needs a centralized system for organizing, storing and retrieving images. The school, in cooperation with the AADS Consortium for Clinical Information Systems, has developed an RFP for image management systems. Instructional technology support Our two image acquisition and processing stations in the Computer Lab are not powerful enough to cope with increased demand, especially slide and color scanning.
Slides take a fairly long time to scan, and consume substantial hard disk space.
Scanning requires large local hard disk space to achieve satisfactory performance. Thus, we will need to increase the number of high end Macintoshes to satisfy growing demand. We therefore propose the acquisition of four PowerMac workstations. Native graphics applications on PowerMac are fast enough to achieve high productivity when working with images. This will save time for faculty, students, and staff.