Teleradiology.
According to the American College of Radiology, teleradiology is an electronic transmission of radiological images from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation or consultation. This article provides a historical perspective and discusses both solved and unsolved problems concerning the different elements of a teleradiology system (image acquisition, image transmission, image display, image compression). It concludes that teleradiology will in the future be a part of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS). Technical problems have for the most part been solved, with the exception of quality of gray-scale monitors. The characteristics of such a system depends on its goals.
Department of Radiology, Armand-Trousseau Children's Hospital, Paris, France.
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D006801:Humans; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States