|
1
|
- A Network Interactive Approach
- Michigan State University
- Radiology
|
|
2
|
- Quicker diagnosis
- Consultative access to specialists from multiple locations
- Potentially lower cost
|
|
3
|
- Access to specialists, regardless of their physical location
- Timely diagnosis, especially in
emergent cases
- best practice of radiology will be identified and improvements returned
to the participating institutions.
|
|
4
|
|
|
5
|
- Cost varies, depending on the performance level of a chosen system
- Low end equipment can range from $15,000.00 to $25,000.00
- High performance systems exceeding over $100,000.
|
|
6
|
- Improvement in networking has moved connections from less than 1000bps
(bits/second) to speeds approaching 1000Mbps(megabits/sec)
- Cases that in the past required 30+minutes for transmission now are
available almost as soon as completed
|
|
7
|
|
|
8
|
- Image quality has improved from resolutions of 256x256 pixels (dots) to
displays exceeding 2048x2500 pixels resolution.
|
|
9
|
- World Wide Network of Experts
- Establish and support ‘Best Practice’ radiology
- Iterative interactions allowing benchmarking between institutions and
exports
|
|
10
|
- 1. Image choice by procedure and history
- 2. Acquisition techniques
- 3. Interpretation quality and reproducibility
- 4. Effects on patient outcome
|
|
11
|
|
Notes
