[Digital photography and video archives in ENT].
Digital media have become standard documentation tools in modern ENT clinics. To date, multiple formats are generated by variable data sources. Old fashioned archiving techniques with numerous print-outs, hard copies or even slides would soon generate an unmanageable data flood and require costly manpower for proper and precise maintenance. It has become obvious that data archiving is the prime challenge for modern hospital information technology. Multiple computerized multimedia archives exist and offer promising solutions for collecting and managing these data. From a clinical point of view, not only data centralisation but also interactions with existing network components and hospital information technology systems have to be made available. Here, we describe variable data sources and formats, centralisation techniques, networking options and discuss available digital documentation solutions.
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Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Waldstrasse 1, 91054 Erlangen. alessandro.bozzato@hno.imed.uni-erlangen.de
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Zenk
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Hornung
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D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D003201:Computers; D005858:Germany; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000295:instrumentation*; D019212:Multimedia; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010781:Photography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012984:Software; D014742:Videodisc Recording / Q000295:instrumentation*