title: A low-cost CD-ROM--based image archival system.
abstract: Many radiologists have large collections of original or copied radiographs, as well as 35-mm slides of radiographs that require conventional carousel-type projectors for display. These images cannot be digitally manipulated or displayed in other formats. The authors used compact disk, read-only memory (CD-ROM) technology as a low-cost method of digitally storing these images. The CD-ROM disks were created from slide images optically scanned and digitally transferred to a disk. The images may be incorporated into any type of computer application, used on multiple computer platforms, and are easily transportable. The process is a low-cost, high-quality method of transferring images to digital media and is currently available to anyone with a conventional 35-mm camera, a CD-ROM reader, and a computer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Lossef
mesh_terms: D016251:CD-ROM; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D006801:Humans; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation