title: Integrating patient digital photographs with medical imaging examinations.
abstract: We introduce the concept, benefits, and general architecture for acquiring, storing, and displaying digital photographs along with medical imaging examinations. We also discuss a specific implementation built around an Android-based system for simultaneously acquiring digital photographs along with portable radiographs. By an innovative application of radiofrequency identification technology to radiographic cassettes, the system is able to maintain a tight relationship between these photographs and the radiographs within the picture archiving and communications system (PACS) environment. We provide a cost analysis demonstrating the economic feasibility of this technology. Since our architecture naturally integrates with patient identification methods, we also address patient privacy issues.
authors: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, 1701 Uppergate Drive NE, Suite 5018, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA, sramamu@emory.edu.
authors: Senthil
authors: S
authors: Ramamurthy
authors: Pamela
authors: P
authors: Bhatti
authors: Chesnal D
authors: CD
authors: Arepalli
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Salama
authors: James M
authors: JM
authors: Provenzale
authors: Srini
authors: S
authors: Tridandapani
mesh_terms: D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D006801:Humans; D010781:Photography; D011873:Radiology Information Systems