The digital radiology environment

Author

Chimiak, William J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radiol., Bowman Gray Sch. of Med., Winston-Salem, NC, USA

Volume

10

Issue

7

fYear

1992

fDate

9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1133

Lastpage

1144

Abstract

The problems of implementing a digital radiology environment are addressed, focusing on the role of communications. Because the digital radiology environment is essentially a medical image multimedia system, the medical information industry could take advantage of recent advances in managing multimedia systems that deal with applications, such as prepress formatting and CAE/CAD/CAM. The paper describes the experience of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University relative to the digital radiology environment. Next, impediments to the implementation of a digital radiology environment are presented. Suggestions to the ACR/NEMA Digital Imaging and Communications (DICOM) Standard, a standard being jointly developed by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electronics Manufacturing Association (NEMA), are examined, and suggestions for its use in the digital radiology environment are given. A digital radiology environment architecture is proposed

Keywords

diagnostic radiography; digital communication systems; medical diagnostic computing; multimedia systems; radiology; ACR; American College of Radiology; Bowman Gray School of Medicine; CAD; CAE; CAM; DICOM Standard; Digital Imaging and Communications Standard; NEMA; National Electronics Manufacturing Association; Wake Forest University; digital radiology environment; medical image multimedia system; medical information industry; prepress formatting; Biomedical imaging; CADCAM; Communication standards; Computer aided engineering; Computer aided manufacturing; Environmental management; Multimedia systems; Radio spectrum management; Radiology; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.156103

Filename

156103