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Development of a teaching file by using a DICOM database.
Radiographics. 2002 Jan-Feb; 22(1):217-21.R

Abstract

A teaching file of Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) images was developed. Selected computed tomographic, magnetic resonance, angiographic, nuclear medicine, and ultrasonographic images were transferred to a personal computer (PC) with a 75-GB hard drive. The database created from the DICOM header information was modified to include American College of Radiology (ACR) Learning File categories. Database modification allowed cases to be searched by diagnosis, by findings, and by patient age, sex, and demographics. Technologists inputted ACR codes into the DICOM headers before the images were acquired, thereby reducing database maintenance time. Images were manipulated and reviewed and were used for case presentations, board review, and conferences. Selected images were transferred via a hospital network to workstations for consultation, saving time for referring clinicians. The teaching file is reliable, cost-effective, and easy to install and takes advantage of recent technologic advances in computer hardware and software. Rapid cost reductions and increases in PC storage capacity allow maintenance of the teaching file in DICOM format without intermediate steps involving automation or manual conversion. This setup rivals any of the proprietary software currently available from other vendors.

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Ernst RD
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, 301 University Blvd, G09, Galveston, TX 77551, USA. rernst@massmed.org
Baumgartner BR
No affiliation info available
Tamm EP
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Torres WE
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MeSH

Computer Communication NetworksDatabases as TopicDiagnostic ImagingEducation, MedicalHumansMicrocomputersRadiographic Image EnhancementRadiologyRadiology Information SystemsSoftwareTeaching Materials

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Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

11796909

Citation

Ernst, Randy D., et al. "Development of a Teaching File By Using a DICOM Database." Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, vol. 22, no. 1, 2002, pp. 217-21.
Ernst RD, Baumgartner BR, Tamm EP, et al. Development of a teaching file by using a DICOM database. Radiographics. 2002;22(1):217-21.
Ernst, R. D., Baumgartner, B. R., Tamm, E. P., & Torres, W. E. (2002). Development of a teaching file by using a DICOM database. Radiographics : a Review Publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc, 22(1), 217-21.
Ernst RD, et al. Development of a Teaching File By Using a DICOM Database. Radiographics. 2002 Jan-Feb;22(1):217-21. PubMed PMID: 11796909.
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