title: Online annotation tool for digital mammography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop a software tool for radiologists to annotate mammograms online.
  
  
  METHODS
  The tool is web-based with a Java development environment and composed of a Digital Image and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) image viewer, a clinical information collector, and a database. The use of the tool with a sample case is demonstrated in this article.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An online tool for the annotation of digital mammograms for teaching and research purposes has been developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This annotation tool can be used to provide an annotated-case library on mammography education for residents and fellows.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7515, RRL/MRI Building, 106 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27759, USA. yzheng@med.unc.edu
authors.forename: Yuanshui
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Elodia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: Etta D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Pisano
mesh_terms: D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D012984:Software