Past Imaging History. A New Term to Be Introduced Systematically in a Patient's Medical History

In an era of integrated and multimodality imaging, which undoubtedly have added great diagnostic value in our daily practice, Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) is still underrated and not fully exploited. We believe it bears an enormous potential, able to give us relevant clinical information and a rapid overview of a patient's past medical history through his/her "past imaging history." For this reason, we suggest that “Past Imaging History” should begin to represent an essential and integral part of a patient's medical history and its systematic acquisition should be encouraged and introduced from the very early years of medical education.