{"title":"Increased co-operation with filmless radiology department-results and experience with four years of development work in Mjolby Health Care Center, Sweden","authors":"G. Karner, S. Olsson","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532569","url":null,"abstract":"Since the end of 1994, the radiology department in Mjolby has been running their activity without using X-ray films. When the film developing machine at the department was discarded in April 1995, after six months of test-running of the new system, the film epoch was definitely abandoned. The practical experiences from working and handling with digital images are all good. The background to this change lays in a four years development work, which has been supported financially by the Ostergotland County Council, Swedish National Board for Industrial and Technical Development (NUTEK), and a regional foundation for development of new ways to organize and perform work (Arbetslivsfonden).","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132739906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A clinician's view of digital mammography","authors":"M. Nelson","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532591","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532591","url":null,"abstract":"In order for digital mammography to help find smaller breast tumors, it must simulate how a radiologist presently works. If digital mammography can find smaller tumors and help the diagnostic work-up in dense breasts then the new technique will be accepted. Telemammography may be the next tool in the fight against breast cancer and networking such tools as artificial intelligence may be helpful.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128697156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Process models as templates for healthcare standardization and management","authors":"S. F. Mills, M. Tanik","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532590","url":null,"abstract":"The increasing focus on increased quality and efficiency presents a paradox with which the healthcare enterprise must cope. Information technologies provide opportunities for improved quality and efficiency, standardization, management and distributed application of healthcare services, but the proper insertion of these technologies presents a new set of problems. The computerized medical record has been proposed as a vehicle for standardization and management of the healthcare enterprise. It is the view of the authors that a process modeling formalism could provide a suitable framework for such a medical record and, in addition, enable communications and possibly re-use of healthcare processes among healthcare facilities. Process modeling and the requirements for a standard process representation formalism are discussed. The ways in which such a formalism can be used as a template for standardization and management are discussed. The results of ongoing research activities to develop and refine an appropriate formalism are also presented.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116930289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Telecineangiography: a case study with client-server environments and ATM backbones","authors":"A. Silva, V. Ribeiro, F. Ramos, S. Pereira","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532586","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports a case study for the integration of cineangiography facilities within broadband telemedicine environments. A functional overview of the locally networked client-server based multimedia front-ends and the corresponding attachment to ATM backbones will be presented. The major outcomes associated with validation trials will be discussed with emphasis on the quality of the transmitted cardiovascular video, interacting facilities and the overall implications on the networking support.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125419833","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Virtual library and the medical college curriculum","authors":"T. G. Basler, N.C. McKeehan","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532576","url":null,"abstract":"The virtual library concept of the present and future may ultimately have the heaviest impact on the area of the medical college curriculum. In spite of the obvious advantages of the virtual library concept on research and patient care, one of the fastest growing areas of interest is incorporating seamless electronic resources into the educational process, as part of the required curriculum on all levels of study.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117176027","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redesigning the patterns of radiologic practice for the 2lst century: digital imaging, digital networks, digital medical records","authors":"M. Freedman, S. Mun","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532556","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532556","url":null,"abstract":"Radiology, and indeed all of medicine, is under attack for providing high cost, redundant, patient unfriendly health care. Although we live with and may be discouraged by the health care crisis, in crisis there is opportunity. The authors discuss the redesign of radiology practices, including topics such as: digital imaging, real time radiology, PACS, Internet and digital medical records.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128126385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High performance, multi-level RAID image servers","authors":"D. Wilson, R. Glicksman, M. Goldburgh","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532575","url":null,"abstract":"In a client-server architecture, a high-performance image server for radiology supports the acquisition and distribution of images and reports. Loral provides a scalable image server family that uses two levels of RAID (redundant array of inexpensive disks) and a high-speed fiber connection with a very simple protocol as a local storage for workstations supported by the image server. A RAID is a means to provide reliable, high-performance storage. The Loral implementation uses RAID 0 and RAID 3 technology to achieve data rates that are multiples of the rate of a single disk in a modular, scalable structure. The modular server architecture can start in a hospital as a radiology department server and can expand to serve the whole hospital as the system grows. For a central server to be effective for the radiology clients, images must be available on the workstations within a few seconds of a request. A high-speed interface to the central server is required that can support transfers with very little overhead in order to achieve data rates in excess of 100 megabits per second on multiple channels simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125744263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Barbero, X. Catasus, J. Fernández, R. Ruiz, R. Valls, R. Toledo, J. Paradells
{"title":"Development and implantation of two teleradiology and teleconsulting applications in Catalunya: RAIM and CARE","authors":"O. Barbero, X. Catasus, J. Fernández, R. Ruiz, R. Valls, R. Toledo, J. Paradells","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532589","url":null,"abstract":"Two teleradiology applications with the added-value of teleconsulting are described: CARE, a high level diagnostic oriented application with videoconference and image and cursor synchronization based on SUN stations, and RAIM, a lower level PC-based application oriented to the transmission of patients' results, reports and associated images. Their technical characteristics and solutions adopted are presented together with the context in which they have been developed and thought to fit in.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1995-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114413090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roger Guard, B. Kaya, Josette R. Riep, T. Sims, S. Shoemaker
{"title":"Ohio Valley Community Health Information Network: design considerations","authors":"Roger Guard, B. Kaya, Josette R. Riep, T. Sims, S. Shoemaker","doi":"10.1109/IMAC.1995.532578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IMAC.1995.532578","url":null,"abstract":"The Ohio Valley Community Health Information Network (OVCHIN) is a community-based, consumer-defined grant program to determine the efficacy of delivering health information to the rural residents of southern Ohio and to the urban and suburban communities in the Greater Cincinnati tri-state region. The OVCHIN is a collaboratively-developed and publicly and privately funded demonstration project. Consumer health information delivery is via ISDN, standard dial-up, dedicated network connections and the Internet. TriState Online (Greater Cincinnati's free-net) and other southern Ohio free-nets are key access points in the larger project communities. The other access points are 40 workstations distributed in public sites throughout the grant's primary geographical target area. Determining community needs and interest, building political alliances, finding and developing funding sources and overcoming technical obstacles are discussed. Design strengths, limitations and technical opportunities are the primary foci of this paper. OVCHIN's Internet address is: http://www.ovchin.uc.edu.","PeriodicalId":273407,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Image Management and Communication (IMAC 95)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128323830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}