ACTA FAC MED NAISS 2012;29(3):145-151

Professional article

UDC:615.849:621.39        DOI: 10.2478/v10283-012-0020-8

Teleradiology - Radiology at Distance

Rade Babić¹, Zoran Milošević^2,3, Gordana Stanković Babić^2,4

¹Center of Radiology, Clinical Centre Niš, Serbia

²University of Niš, Faculty of Medicine, Serbia

³Public Health Institute Niš, Serbia

⁴Clinic for Eye Diseases, Clinical Centre Niš, Serbia


sUMMARY

Teleradiology has made using the Internet explorer possible to access to images and patient findings, to browse, view and write radiological reports on any computer in any location, with all the appropriate rights (security and confidentiality). Diagnosis, consultation and education of students, doctors and paramedical staff, scientific research, administration, management, planning and improvement of public health got in teleradiology new and powerful tools. In this paper, the authors try to give the right answer to the following questions: what is teleradiology, why teleradiology, the benefits of teleradiology, teleradiolgy success, teleradiology failure, radiology workflow, teleradiology scenarios, mobile radiology etc. The authors conclude that today's teleradiology creates the future radiology.

Key words: teleradiology, mobile radiology, telemedicine, radiology workflow, radiology