Implementation of an oral and maxillofacial radiology image management and communication system.
OBJECTIVE
To implement an oral and maxillofacial radiology image management and communication system (OMFR IMACS) in the School of Dentistry, National Taiwan University.


METHODS
An OMFR IMACS has been implemented over 3 years in three phases: (1) Establishment of an OMFR image processing laboratory for research and graduate student training; (2) Installation of network infrastructure and (3) Total system integration.


CONCLUSIONS
Intraoral, panoramic, cephalometric, and TMJ radiographs are directly processed with digital image acquisition devices or are converted into a digital format for viewing via UTP cable through FastEthernet in the eleven different divisions of the school. The system archives about 400 Mb of imaging data daily, representing 80% of the workload of the OMFR Division. The system is now used parallel to the conventional film-library system and has been integrated as part of the oral health service.
Chen
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Department of Dentistry, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipli.
Yu
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KM
Chen
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RS
Hsieh
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CC
D006801:Humans; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011861:Radiography, Dental; D019252:Radiography, Dental, Digital; D011873:Radiology Information Systems