Customized medical image databases: a low-cost approach.
The increasing use of digital images in medicine creates a demand for efficient but simple methods to store, retrieve and display images. The ideal solution for this might be a large-scale hospital-integrated picture archiving and communication systems, but this is not applicable under all conditions. A small-scale, user-defined image database running on a desktop computer may fit the individual needs better, while yielding optimal cost-effectiveness. We will present a way to create customized image databases using a general-purpose desktop database system and a specialized, dedicated image handling component programmed in C++.
Radiologische Klinik, Abt. Radiodiagnostik, Universitätskliniken, Homburg/Saar, Germany. jstahl@lri.ucsf.edu
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003626:Data Display / Q000191:economics; D019992:Databases as Topic / Q000191:economics; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000191:economics; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000191:economics; D008838:Microcomputers; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000191:economics; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface