European Teleradiology now and in the future: results of an online survey

Ranschaert, Erik; Binkhuysen, F. H. Barneveld

doi:10.1007/s13244-012-0210-z

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“…Image distribution using PACS support home-based (on call) radiologists in emergency situations. [22,23] There are several limitations to this study. It was retrospective; patients of a specific period of time were reviewed and only patients with blunt abdominal trauma were evaluated.…”

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Bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt trauma: diagnostic efficiency of and importance of experience in using multidedector computed tomography

Polat¹,

Aydin²,

Nural³

et al. 2014

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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Section: Polat Et Al Bowel and Mesenteric Injury In Blunt Traumamentioning

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Bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt trauma: diagnostic efficiency of and importance of experience in using multidedector computed tomography

Polat¹,

Aydin²,

Nural³

et al. 2014

Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg

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“…7 Both in Europe and the USA, there is a wide range of teleradiology applications. 6,7 One of the main goals in Europe is to establish a high concentration of networked PACS. Commercial teleradiology services are rarely used in Europe and Turkey.…”

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“…7,9,10 Therefore, we foresee a promising future for teleradiology since Information Technology (IT) applications are becoming less and less costly with increasing speed and accuracy. 6 Furthermore, smart card technology can be a practical solution for the integration of the clinical data of the patients into a simple and portable card which could eliminate the necessity for transferring bulky documents across hospitals/centers and also enable a data storage system for recording the updates in the clinical progress of the patients. We believe that such a system is crucially needed and the main aim of such a system should be to promote the replacement of paper-based record systems with computer-based systems.…”

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“…We believe that such a system is crucially needed and the main aim of such a system should be to promote the replacement of paper-based record systems with computer-based systems. 6,7 Cloud computing (CC) is another notable system which could be a practical application for the use of teleradiology. CC provides the users an unlimited storage area as well as unlimited access to the users registered on the system.…”

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“…5 In Turkey, the first teleradiology system was introduced in 1997 by a professional teleradiologic software called Multiview (EMED, USA), which was distributed by a Turkish firm (Kutlutek/İstanbul) and enabled the online transmission of radiological images across the Turkish cities. [4][5][6] Literature reviews have indicated that there have been no studies reporting the use of teleradiology in the daily practices of radiologists, the teleradiologic practices, and the attitudes towards the use of teleradiology in Turkey. For this reason, we conducted a survey to investigate the current situation of teleradiology and also to contribute to the development of teleradiologic applications in Turkey.…”

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The Use of Teleradiology in Turkey: Current Situation and Attitudes of Radiologists

Petik¹,

Şirik²,

Çolak³

et al. 2015

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : In this study, we aimed to evaluate the teleradiology use in the daily practices of the radiologists and the attitudes regarding the use of teleradiology in Turkey. M Ma at te er ri ia al l a an nd d M Me et th ho od ds s: : The descriptive cross-sectional study was based on a 27-item questionnaire which was administered online and through in-person structured interviews. The questionnaires that were duly filled and returned within one year were included in the study. R Re es su ul lt ts s: : A total of 226 radiologists participated in the study. Of these, 67 (29.6%) were working at university hospitals, 45 (19.9%) at training and research hospitals, 59 (26.1%) at state hospitals, 55 (24.3%) at private hospitals. Level of teleradiology knowledge was revealed as very little in 2.2%, little in 14.2%, moderate in 43.4%, considerable in 26.1%, and expert in 14.2%. The most common format for transmission of teleradiology data was Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 3.0 (63.3%). The most common disadvantage of teleradiology was revealed as insufficient integration of clinical history (62.8%). The majority expressed a positive opinion regarding the spread of teleradiology in Turkey (73%). C Co on nc cl lu us si io on n: : A wide usage of teleradiology throughout Turkey was revealed although most of the radiologists have limited information regarding the use of teleradiology. The participants have a positive attitude towards the spread of teleradiology.K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Radiology information systems; teleradiology; telemedicine Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Bu çalışmada, ülkemizde radyologların günlük pratiklerinde teleradyoloji kullanım sıklığını, teleradyoloji kullanımına ait ayrıntıları ve teleradyolojiye ait tutumlarını değerlen-dirmeyi amaçladık. G Ge er re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön nt te em ml le er r: : Tanımlayıcı kesitsel olarak planlanan bu çalışmada, 27 sorudan oluşan anketin bir kısmı elektronik posta ile bir kısmı ise elden dağıtılan anketlerin doldurulması ile elde edildi. Bir yıllık bir süre içerisinde tam ve hatasız doldurularak geri gön-derilen anketler çalışmaya dâhil edildi. B Bu ul lg gu ul la ar r: : İki yüz yirmi altı anketin değerlendirmeye alındığı çalışmada, katılımcı radyologların %29,6 (67)'sının üniversite, %19,9 (45)'unun eğitim ve araştırma hastanesinde, %26,1 (59)'inin devlet hastanesinde, %24,3 (55)'ünün özel hastanelerde çalıştığı gözlendi. Öte yandan katılımcıların %2,2'sinin teleradyoloji hakkında hiç, %14,2'sinin az, %43,4'ünün orta, %26,1'inin fazla, %14,2'sinin çok fazla düzeyde bilgi sahibi olduğu saptandı. En sık %63,3 kullanılan teleradyolojik yöntemin radyologlara elektronik posta vb. yollarla DICOM 3.0 (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) kullanılarak hasta görüntüleri göndermek (depola ve gönder) şeklinde yapıldığı öğrenildi. Teleradyolojinin en sık dezavantajının klinik bilgi yetersizliği olduğu ortaya konuldu (62,8%). Teleradyolojinin ülke-mizde standartlara uygun bir şekilde yaygınla...

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Efficiently compressing 3D medical images for teleinterventions via CNNs and anisotropic diffusion

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Purpose Efficient compression of images while preserving image quality has the potential to be a major enabler of effective remote clinical diagnosis and treatment, since poor Internet connection conditions are often the primary constraint in such services. This paper presents a framework for organ‐specific image compression for teleinterventions based on a deep learning approach and anisotropic diffusion filter. Methods The proposed method, deep learning and anisotropic diffusion (DLAD), uses a convolutional neural network architecture to extract a probability map for the organ of interest; this probability map guides an anisotropic diffusion filter that smooths the image except at the location of the organ of interest. Subsequently, a compression method, such as BZ2 and HEVC‐visually lossless, is applied to compress the image. We demonstrate the proposed method on three‐dimensional (3D) CT images acquired for radio frequency ablation (RFA) of liver lesions. We quantitatively evaluate the proposed method on 151 CT images using peak‐signal‐to‐noise ratio (normalPSNR), structural similarity (italicSSIM), and compression ratio (italicCR) metrics. Finally, we compare the assessments of two radiologists on the liver lesion detection and the liver lesion center annotation using 33 sets of the original images and the compressed images. Results The results show that the method can significantly improve italicCR of most well‐known compression methods. DLAD combined with HEVC‐visually lossless achieves the highest average italicCR of 6.45, which is 36% higher than that of the original HEVC and outperforms other state‐of‐the‐art lossless medical image compression methods. The means of italicPSNR and italicSSIM are 70 dB and 0.95, respectively. In addition, the compression effects do not statistically significantly affect the assessments of the radiologists on the liver lesion detection and the lesion center annotation. Conclusions We thus conclude that the method has a high potential to be applied in teleintervention applications.

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European Teleradiology now and in the future: results of an online survey

Cited by 40 publications

References 17 publications

Bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt trauma: diagnostic efficiency of and importance of experience in using multidedector computed tomography

Bowel and mesenteric injury in blunt trauma: diagnostic efficiency of and importance of experience in using multidedector computed tomography

The Use of Teleradiology in Turkey: Current Situation and Attitudes of Radiologists

Efficiently compressing 3D medical images for teleinterventions via CNNs and anisotropic diffusion

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