A multisite telemammography system for remote management of screening mammography: An assessment of technical, operational, and clinical issues

Journal of Digital Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 216-225

  Leader, Joseph K ^a   Hakim, Christiane M ^a,b   Ganott, Marie A ^a,b   Chough, Denise M ^a,b   Wallace, Luisa P ^a,b   Clearfield, Ronald J ^a,b   Perrin, Ronald L ^a,b   Drescher, John M ^a   Maitz, Glenn S ^a   Sumkin, Jules H ^a,b   Gur, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer screening; Mammography; Remote decision making; Telemammography; Teleradiology

Indexed keywords

BREAST CANCER SCREENING; REMOTE DECISION MAKING; TELEMAMMOGRAPHY; TELERADIOLOGY;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; REMOTE CONTROL; SCREENING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TELEMEDICINE; TUMORS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMAMMOGRAPHY; TELERADIOLOGY; X RAY FILM;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERS; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE; TELERADIOLOGY;

EID: 33748609952     PISSN: 08971889     EISSN: 1618727X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10278-006-0585-9     Document Type: Article

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