title: Web-PACS for multicenter clinical trials.
abstract: Medical information systems are not designed for clinical trials using clinical imaging. This paper presents a conceptual model for clinical trials based on medical imaging from two complementary points of view: a technical model and a business model. A Web information system (WIS) for supporting multicenter clinical trials has been designed to implement the proposed model. We show that our approach overcomes the actual limitations by facilitating medical image management in the context of clinical trials or cooperative research.
authors.affiliation: Rey Juan Carlos University, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain. juan.tamames@urjc.es
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: César J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Acuña
authors.forename: Ma Valeria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: de Castro
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marcos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Norberto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malpica
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems; D019112:Teleradiology / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D014584:User-Computer Interface