Abstract
In this study, we tried to take cost analysis on introduction of PACS in an assumed medical examination center. The model of the film-based storage and the model of CD-R based electronic storage were made. The costs of the image recording media, the differences of device expenses and the volumes of storage were calculated and compared according to the data from the real medical examination center. The following points were made clear according to the follow results. The costs of image recording media in the film based storage model was 30-80 times higher than those in the electronic storage model without compresion, and 300-800 times higher than those with 1/10 compres-sion. It was estimated that the dif erences of device expenses between the film based storage model (2, 000 yen per patient) and the non-compression electronic storage model were 9, 820, 000 yen when the annual number of examinee was set to 5, 000. The storage volume of image recording media in the film based storage model was 45 times (for non-compression) to 400 times (for compression) larger than that in the electronic storage model.
