Digital (R)Evolution in Radiology

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Basics of computer technology and digital imaging....Pages 5-10
Internet in medicine: source of a new reality?....Pages 11-22
PACS 2000+ from networks to workflow and beyond....Pages 23-31
Front Matter....Pages 33-33
Request for proposal for PACS and evaluation of tenders....Pages 35-39
Radiology information systems in the digital hospital....Pages 41-46
Radiology information system and picture archiving and communication system: interfacing and integration....Pages 47-55
Horizontal PACS deployment in an integrated system....Pages 57-64
Going filmless in a new hospital setting....Pages 65-72
Large PACS projects....Pages 73-80
A view to the past of the future — A decade of digital (r)evolution at the Danube hospital....Pages 81-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Reporting from monitors....Pages 99-107
Synergy effects of a high-end 3D-workstation within a digital environment....Pages 109-110
Medical reporting using speech recognition....Pages 111-117
Physiological tests and functional diagnosis with digital methods....Pages 119-130
Image fusion....Pages 131-139
Expanding the digital revolution to anthropology....Pages 141-148
PMDA — Personal Medical Digital Assistants Mobile computing in medical environments....Pages 149-154
Information technology (IT) in radiology tele-consultation....Pages 155-160
Teleconsultation in medicine and radiology — theory and legal aspects....Pages 161-165
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Digital fluororadiography....Pages 167-173
Practical aspects of computed radiography (CR)....Pages 175-187
Digital radiology in chest imaging....Pages 189-203
Digital pediatric radiology....Pages 205-209
The therapeutic value of mapping and 3D modeling of cartilage lesions in the knee....Pages 211-221
Experiences and future aspects of neuronavigation....Pages 223-228
F-18-FDG PET in Oncology....Pages 229-245
Digital revolution in cardiac imaging....Pages 247-257
From single slices to volume imaging: (r)evolution in computed tomography....Pages 259-273
New advances for imaging of laryngotracheal stenosis by post processing of spiral-CT data....Pages 275-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Flat panel detectors — closing the (digital) gap in chest and skeletal radiology....Pages 289-295
Scanhead technology....Pages 297-299
Economic aspects of digital radiology....Pages 301-305
Investing in PACS using real option theory....Pages 307-314
Front Matter....Pages 315-315
Virtual reality — symbiosis of science and art....Pages 317-333
Back Matter....Pages 335-349