title: MDA-image: an environment of networked desktop computers for teleradiology/pathology.
abstract: MDA-Image, a project of The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, is an environment of networked desktop computers for teleradiology/pathology. Radiographic film is digitized with a film scanner and histopathologic slides are digitized using a red, green, and blue (RGB) video camera connected to a microscope. Digitized images are stored on a data server connected to the institution's computer communication network (Ethernet) and can be displayed from authorized desktop computers connected to Ethernet. Images are digitized for cases presented at the Bone Tumor Management Conference, a multidisciplinary conference in which treatment options are discussed among clinicians, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, radiotherapists, and medical oncologists. These radiographic and histologic images are shown on a large screen computer monitor during the conference. They are available for later review for follow-up or representation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Moffitt
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Richli
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Carrasco
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Zimmerman
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Benjamin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chee
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daniels
mesh_terms: D002984:Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008122:Local Area Networks; D008838:Microcomputers; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D013781:Texas