PACS a User Interface in Oral Pathology

Introduction: Diagnosis and histopathological evaluation in oral pathology has evolved over the years considerably and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) is one such comprehensive computer system that is responsible for revolutionizing the digital storage and distribution of high resolution medical images for diagnosing various pathologies using the the digital pathology interface. Objectives: Current COVID-19 pandemic situation has a significant impact on routine pathology services. Digital pathology can play a key role in safeguarding the clinical services and pathology based research in both current and future. Current review highlights the importance of Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), its uses, impacts, advantages and disadvantages for the end users, i.e, oral pathologists. Materials and Methods: Literature review of several peer reviewed articles with the key word PACS" were searched from the archives of indexed journals. Result & Conclusion: It was found that integrating PACS to oral pathology practice is pertinent and is necessary in the present global digitalization era."