A VEPRO IT solution can be operated in all network structures and topologies. As an information highway, however, a structured “switched” TCP-IP network in star topology is recommended between all PACS/RIS/CIS/HIS clients. Thus, the network can be fit with shielded/unshielded twisted pair copper cables or with more cost-intensive optical waveguides, and can be operated at 10 Mbit, 100 Mbit or even 1,000 Mbit (gigabit). This is only a matter of the economic or technical necessities, not being required for the PACS. All VEPRO workstations have been fitted with two autosense 10/100/1,000 Mbit Ethernet network interfaces, and automatically adapt to the respective system environment, up to a gigabit speed.

For the completely network-lateral separation of the PACS application of RIS/HIS applications, the data can be split over the two network interfaces. Thus, the maximum speed of the PACS data is always guaranteed.

High network performance is not achieved by fast and free data cables, but by intelligent network stations. All VEPRO workstations are able to compress the data before the network transmission, and then decompress them equally fast on reception. This ensures free network capacities and doubles the data speed.

An alternative to the information highway is the wireless network communication as a solution for small data volumes. With the wireless LAN through ACCESS POINTS, images and films can be provided in technically available speed only by wireless communication. Inexpensive microwave network connections link buildings located several kilometers apart with a data speed of up to 10 Mbit eliminating the use of expensive telecommunication cables.