The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the radiology reading room with a potentially lasting impact. This disruption could introduce the risk of obviating the need for the reading room, which would be detrimental to many of the roles of radiology that occur in and around the reading room. This disruption could also create the opportunity for accelerated evolution of the reading room to meet the strategic needs of radiology and health care through thoughtful re-design of the virtual reading room. In this article, we overview the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology in our institution and across the country, specifically on the dynamics of the radiology reading room. We introduce the concept of the virtual reading room, which is a redesigned alternative to the physical reading room that can serve the diverse needs of radiology and healthcare during and beyond the pandemic.

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Recently considerable work has been done, both theoretical and experimental on the transmission of electromagnetic waves through dielectric wave guides and hollow metal tubes. An analogous phenomenon is the propagation of transverse acoustic waves in gaseous media confined by rigid cylindrical tubes. Apparatus and methods are described for the production of some of the lower ordered acoustic waves and measurements are made with a tube of circular section filled with air. Measured values of wave-length, threshold frequency, and pressure distribution for some of the possible harmonic wave types are found to be in excellent agreement with theoretical values. Absorption measurements by the standing wave method in which transverse waves are used are suggested.

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