The impact of teleradiology in clinical practice--a Malaysian perspective
Abdullah, B.J.; Ng, K.H.; Pathmanathan, R.
Medical Journal of Malaysia 54(2): 169-174
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-5283 PMID: 10972025 Document Number: 498546
Teleradiology is the most mature and rapidly evolving specialty in telemedicine. The use of teleradiology has grown tremendously during the past few years. This article describes the role of teleradiology in health care along with a brief history of its development in tandem with advances in telecommunications and computer technologies. Teleradiology standards, image acquisition, data compression, transmission and image interpretation are summarised. The impact of teleradiology in the practice of radiology, traces the evolution of the modality especially in the Malaysian perspective and its current and future role are discussed.