RadioGraphics, Vol 17, 515-521, Copyright © 1997 by Radiological Society of North America
Multimedia image and data navigation workstation
O Ratib, Y Ligier, C Mascarini, M Logean, C Girard, G Trayser and D Hochstrasser
Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
World Wide Web (WWW) standards have been established for the transmission
of and remote consultation on medical information and records, including
medical images, extracted from an existing hospital information system. A
software package called Osiris is being used for the display and
manipulation of medical images in a hospital-based picture archiving and
communication system. Recent extensions of Osiris, through the integration
of WWW navigational tools, allow easy access to a variety of clinical data
from patient records. A special interface allows access to radiologic
images, laboratory results, and related textual information through
public-domain software programs. These technologic advances offer medical
professionals the convenience and ease of use that have made WWW and
Internet navigation so popular in the academic community.
