Quality control of a teleradiology system

David K. Lyche; Charles E. Willis; Morgan P. Williamson; Charles T. Suitor; John R. Romlein

doi:10.1117/12.238495

15 April 1996 Quality control of a teleradiology system

David K. Lyche, Charles E. Willis, Morgan P. Williamson, Charles T. Suitor, John R. Romlein

Proceedings Volume 2707, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Display; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238495
Event: Medical Imaging 1996, 1996, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

Teleradiology is being implemented in the U.S. military. Soft-copy reading of computed radiology (CR) images and film-digitizer (FD) images are becoming a common practice. The Medical Diagnostic Imaging Support (MDIS) Office at the Medical Advanced Technology Management Office (MATMO), Fort Detrick, Maryland, installed an 'off-the-shelf' DICOM teleradiology system by which CR images and FD images acquired at Hickam Air Force Base (AFB), Hawaii, are transmitted electronically over a T-1 telecommunications line to Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC), Hawaii. The goal was to provide a diagnostic quality teleradiology system to the military services to extend the expertise and training of physicians to remote sites. In order to guarantee a diagnostic quality image throughout the system, a rigid set of quality control standards had to be designed and implemented. This poster presents the results of a successful teleradiology implementation where quality control is maintained throughout the imaging chain.

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David K. Lyche, Charles E. Willis, Morgan P. Williamson, Charles T. Suitor, and John R. Romlein "Quality control of a teleradiology system", Proc. SPIE 2707, Medical Imaging 1996: Image Display, (15 April 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.238495

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