The ability to acquire a diagnostic image at one location and review it at a remote location that is not part of a LAN. This allows an information system to be spread over a large distributed area, and is most effective in allowing small hospitals access to centres of excellence. See Local Area Network (LAN).
The specific application of telemedicine.
A recent addition to the imaging field in which the imaging signals, in binary form, are sent over fiber-optic communication lines to imaging output equipment some distance away for a radiology expert to read and interpret.
(12) The system of transmitting digital radiological images to a remote site, usually using public communication networks such as the internet, ISDN, or satellite. Generally transmitting these images within an institution on communication lines “owned” by the institution is not described as teleradiology.
A system that transmits images over a distance, using leased or switched transmission lines. S ee PACS and RIS.
Use of e-mail or store-and-forward systems to transmit digital diagnostic images such as CT, MRI, and x-ray scans for evaluation by a specialist who is located at a remote site (for second opinions or general radiology services)
A specialty area of telemedicine involving the interpretation of visual images via digital display utilizing scanners with high spatial and gray scale resolution. These may be still photographs or moving images and include X-ray, ultrasound, electrocardiogram, mammogram, CAT Scan, and MRI.
involves the use of ICT to transmit radiographs from one location to another.
A form of telemedicine that involves electronic transmission of radiographic patient images and consultative text.
Teleradiology is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CTs, and MRIs, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or consultation. Typically this is done over standard telephone lines, wide area network (WAN), or over a local area network (LAN). Through teleradiology, images can be sent to another part of the hospital, or to other locations around the world.
