Digital Processing and Information Technology in Imaging

Amit Mehta, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Giles Boland, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Keith Dreyer, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
James Thrall, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Published online: April 2001

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002336

Imaging has moved from a film-based (hardcopy) to a digital-based (softcopy) process. The acquisition, transmission, and interpretation of medical images can now be performed free of physical means and via electronic data shuttled from scanning devices to display devices. This has proven to be more efficient and effective – ultimately improving patient care.

Keywords: radiology; picture archiving and communications systems; PACS; digital imaging and communication in medicine; DICOM; electronic medical record

 Further Reading
    Dreyer K, Mehta A, Johnson K, Schultz T and Sack D (1998) The primary interpretation workstation: information beyond image data. Journal of Digital Imaging 11 (4 supplement 2): 16–19.
    Dreyer K, Mehta A, Sack D and Thrall J (1998) Filmless medical imaging: experiences of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Journal of Digital Imaging 11(4 supplement 2): 8–11.
    Dwyer SJ (1996) Imaging system architectures for picture archiving and communication systems. Radiologic Clinics of North America 34(3): 495–504.
    Kundel HL, Seshadri SB, Langlotz CP et al. (1996) Prospective study of a PACS: information flow and clinical action in a medical intensive care unit. Radiology 199: 143–149.
    Mehta A, Dreyer K and Thrall J (1998) Operation PACS. Decisions in Imaging Economics 11(6): 44–52.
    Mehta A, Dreyer K and Thrall J (1999) Voice recognition: an emerging necessity. Decisions in Imaging Economics 12(1): 56–58.
    Mehta A, Dreyer K and Thrall J (1999) Web based image distribution. Decisions in Imaging Economics 12 (supplement 7): 12–14.
    Strickland NH (1996) Review article: some cost–benefit considerations for PACS: a radiological perspective. British Journal of Radiology 69: 1089–1098.

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Mehta, Amit, Boland, Giles, Dreyer, Keith, and Thrall, James(Apr 2001) Digital Processing and Information Technology in Imaging. In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0002336]