B.E. (Biomedical Engineering) Networking and Information Systems in Medicine Abbreviated As NISM Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1

• PACS Components; PACS generic workflow; PACS architectures: stand-alone, client-server, and web-based; PACS and teleradiology

Module 2: Introduction to RIS and HIS, HIS/RIS/PACS integration; PACS archive storage: RAID; HIPPA

Module 3

• Integrating Healthcare Enterprise: IHE workflow model, IHE domains, IHE patient information reconciliation profile, IHE radiology information integration profile

Module 4

• Performance of network/device parameters: bandwidth, throughput, jitter, latency network technology; types of cables and connectors, crossover and straight through cables, colour coding of cables; OSI Model; TCP/IP, Addressing types (IP, MAC, Port & Specific)

Module 5

• IP V4 addressing, subnetting, supernetting; IP V6 addressing; Detailed working of networking equipment: Hub, bridge , switch, router, modem

Module 6: Basic Security Concepts:

• Security Mechanism and security services, authentication, authorization, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation; Symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography, RSA algorithm

Textbooks

• 1 PACS and Imaging Informatics by H.K. Huang, Second Edition, Wiley and Blackwell.
• 2 PACS: A Guide to the Digital Revolution by Keith J. Dreyer, Springer.
• 3 Data Communication and Networking by Behrouz A. Forouzan, McGraw Hill.
• 4 Computer Networks by A.S. Tanenbaum, Pearson Education.
• 1 Governance of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems by Carrison K.S. Tong, Eric T.T. Wong (Medical Information Science Reference).
• 2 Practical Imaging Informatics, By Barton F. Branstetter, Springer.
• 3 PACS Fundamentals by Herman Oosterwijk.
• 4 Cryptography and Network Security By William Stalling, Pearsons. Theory Examination: