title: Image Sharing in Radiology-A Primer.
abstract: By virtue of its information technology-oriented infrastructure, the specialty of radiology is uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of efforts to promote data sharing across the healthcare enterprise, including particularly image sharing. The potential benefits of image sharing for clinical, research, and educational applications in radiology are immense. In this work, our group-the Association of University Radiologists (AUR) Radiology Research Alliance Task Force on Image Sharing-reviews the benefits of implementing image sharing capability, introduces current image sharing platforms and details their unique requirements, and presents emerging platforms that may see greater adoption in the future. By understanding this complex ecosystem of image sharing solutions, radiologists can become important advocates for the successful implementation of these powerful image sharing resources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St. MSC 323, Charleston, SC 29425. Electronic address: chatterj@musc.edu.
authors.forename: Arindam R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas St. MSC 323, Charleston, SC 29425.
authors.forename: Seth
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stalcup
authors.affiliation: Suburban Radiologists, SC, Oak Brook, Illinois.
authors.forename: Arjun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
authors.forename: T Shawn
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kadlec Regional Medical Center, Richland, Washington.
authors.forename: Pushpender
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Yueh Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, California.
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Malone
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Morgan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McBee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Vermont Health Network, Burlington, Vermont.
authors.forename: Elise L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Hotaling
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: Akash P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kansagra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems
keywords: PACS (Radiology); Radiology; Radiology information system; data sharing; image sharing; informatics; information systems