title: Enhanced interfaces for web-based enterprise-wide image distribution.
abstract: Modern Web browsers support image distribution with two shortcomings: (1) image grayscale presentation at client workstations is often sub-optimal and generally inconsistent with the presentation state on diagnostic workstations and (2) an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) application usually cannot directly access images with an integrated viewer. We have modified our EPR and our Web-based image-distribution system to allow access to images from within the EPR. In addition, at the client workstation, a grayscale transformation is performed that consists of two components: a client-display-specific component based on the characteristic display function of the class of display system, and a modality-specific transformation that is downloaded with every image. The described techniques have been implemented in our institution and currently support enterprise-wide clinical image distribution. The effectiveness of the techniques is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. jostg@mir.wustl.edu
authors.forename: R Gilbert
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.forename: G James
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Blaine
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: Hartwig
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blume
authors.forename: Sarbjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadhra
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D003626:Data Display; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D018511:Systems Integration