A prototype of a high-resolution computerized radiology teaching file.
Computers provide an excellent tool for handling the task of organizing a radiology teaching file. Currently available computerized teaching files are either film-based, slide-based, or use laser-disc video technology for image display. There are obvious advantages to having the management of radiologic images under the control of a computer, and the need for a higher resolution alternative to video laser-disc technology becomes apparent when one tries to computerize a chest radiology teaching file. We describe the prototype of such a system, named MIRTLE, (the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Teaching and Learning Environment) which was designed to integrate text under the control of a custom data base with high-resolution digital images from a Picture Archiving and Communications System. This system with its easy-to-use windows environment should allow a significant increase in the use of the radiology teaching file.
Apicella
P L
PL
Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, MO 63110.
Blaine
G J
GJ
Jost
R G
RG
D003199:Computer Systems; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D003626:Data Display; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D014584:User-Computer Interface