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| Davide Caramella is Associate
Professor of Radiology in the
Department of Oncology,
Transplants and New Technologies
in Medicine of the University of Pisa.
He is Past President of EuroPACS
(http://www.europacs.org),
Chairman of the Information
Technology Committee of the
European Association of Radiology
(http://www.ear-online.org),
Scientific Director of EURORAD
(http://www.eurorad.org) and a
Member of the Editorial Scientific
Board of European Radiology.
Dr Caramella has published over
100 papers and chapters on
magnetic resonance imaging,
teleradiology and PAC systems.
He is the co-editor of four books on
computer applications in radiology,
advanced image processing and
radiological resources
on the Internet. |
The implications of digital imaging for
clinical practice
Davide Caramella
Department of Oncology, Transplants and New
Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Italy
Address for correspondence:
Professor Davide Caramella
Associate Professor of Radiology
Department of Oncology, Transplants and New
Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa
Via Roma, 67, 1-56100 Pisa, Italy
Tel: +39 050 992 509 Fax: +39 050 551 461
Email: caramella@do.med.unipi.it
Introduction
The introduction of digital imaging over 30 years ago
has dramatically broadened the clinical applications of
radiology. Not only have new radiological modalities
emerged, making it possible to study finer anatomical
details, elucidating pathology as well as function, but
the workflow in radiology departments has also
been revolutionized.
The Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS)
concept was first proposed in 1982. The expectation
was that it would solve most of the problems of
conventional radiology by allowing efficient image
management and thus achieving organizational and
economic advantages, ultimately improving patient
care. In reality, things were not so simple, mainly
because the technology of the time was too immature
to allow the implementation of filmless operations
within hospitals.
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