title: Implementation of Chest X-ray Observation Report Entry System.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  X-rays are widely used in medical examinations. In particular, chest X-rays are the most frequent imaging test. However, observations are usually recorded in a free-text format. Therefore, it is difficult to standardize the information provided to construct a database for the sharing of clinical data. Here, we describe a simple X-ray observation entry system that can interlock with an electronic medical record system.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated common diagnosis indices. Based on the indices, we have designed an entry system which consists of 5 parts: 1) patient lists, 2) image selection, 3) diagnosis result entry, 4) image view, and 5) main menu. The X-ray observation results can be extracted in an Excel format.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The usefulness of the proposed system was assessed in a study using over 500 patients' chest X-ray images. The data was readily extracted in a format that allowed convenient assessment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We proposed the chest X-ray observation entry system. The proposed X-ray observation system, which can be linked with an electronic medical record system, allows easy extraction of standardized clinical information to construct a database. However, the proposed entry system is limited to chest X-rays and it is impossible to interpret the semantic information. Therefore, further research into domains using other interpretation methods is required.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Information Technology Center, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Suk-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Seo
authors.forename: Hee-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Min Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Chang-Sik
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Son
authors.forename: Hyoung-Seob
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyo Chan
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Chi Young
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yoon-Nyun
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Kim