title: Set-up and preliminary performance of a digital radiology conference system.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the set-up and preliminary performance of a digital radiology conference system and its characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  The imaging system included a dual-screen image-text workstation with a Matrox G450 demonstration dual-head card, two multimedia projectors, a large screen, and a line-pair and grey scale test card. Patient information on radiology information system (RIS) and images on picture archiving and communication system (PACS) were fetched with GE Radworks software based on Intranet and PACS. The fetching velocity and resolution and grey scale of the images were measured.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patient information in the form of texts and images were demonstrated successfully on two screens with Matrox G450 demonstration dual-head card and switched rapidly between text-image two-screen and image two-screen. The image fetching velocity was fast, the resolution was high, and the grey scale was good.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The digital conference radiology system is good, and should be popularized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hospital, Guiyang Medical College, Guiyang 550004, China.
authors.forename: Xuejian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.forename: Yuqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Xiaolin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luo
mesh_terms: D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted