[New concepts in teleradiology with Dicom e-mail].
The recently published Dicom supplement 54 (dicom e-mail) defines a connection between the internet and the medical communication inside hospitals. Up to now vendor specific dicom protocol additions were needed to realize certain teleradiology solutions. The new concept relies on vendor independent standard protocols without specific additions.


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client-server solution using the internet designed for emergency medicine integration of various clinical informations approved security concept modularized architecture The concept was realized within the scope of a teleradiology project of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It will be expanded to the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Germany in 2002 with over 20 hospitals included.
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Institut für Klinische Radiologie, Universitätsklinikum Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Deutschland. gerald.weisser@rad.ma.uni-heidelberg.de
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D003199:Computer Systems; D034742:Electronic Mail / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019114:Remote Consultation / Q000295:instrumentation; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000295:instrumentation*