Background Fourteen African countries have no radiologists, and in others few radiologists work in rural areas. Teleradiology provides advice to doctors in remote settings but cost and poor internet connections limit its use. This study builds on several previous studies evaluating scanners and digital cameras for low-cost teleradiology. Digital camera images can be attached to emails and sent ...

The NOVICE project (Network-Oriented Visualization in a Clinical Environment) is developing a system for medical image data analysis and visualization through the web with the intention of demonstrating the effectiveness of such a system in a clinical environment. One element being addressed by NOVICE is the provision of teleradiology tools. This paper describes how three-dimensional models can...

Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications to provide medical information and services at a distance. Anatomic pathology involves the evaluation of disease, often malignancy, by examining patient tissue samples under a microscope. Pathologists, similar to radiologists, visually examine images to provide other clinicians with diagnoses. Despite the growing popularity and widespread use of tel...

Advances in telecommunications and computer software have led to the development of radiology image transfer systems. Radiologists may now report radiographs at a site distant from that of the examination, in some cases almost instantaneously. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography may also be supervised from afar. Developments over the past few decades are reviewe...

OBJECTIVES To obtain an overview of teleradiology usage within Europe, to evaluate the current opinion and future vision about this technique. METHODS A web-based survey targeted at active radiologists throughout Europe. RESULTS A total of 368 radiology professionals participated in the survey. Among them 65 % currently use teleradiology. The main usages are in-house image distribution (71 ...

Teleradiology is largely and successfully implemented all over the world. Videoconferencing, telemedical education, teleconsultations, teleradiology, telesurgery and telepresence during surgical procedures are just some of the many telemedical applications in use today. The TeleOrto Centre of Excellence in Warsaw, Poland, not only applies telediagnostic and teleeducational technologies, but als...