Tablet PC as a PACS workstation: Observer performance evaluation
Journal
Chinese Journal of Radiology
Journal Volume
30
Journal Issue
5
Pages
277-281
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Abstract
Handheld computers offer many features that can improve workflow for health care providers. Wireless networking capabilities of current state-of-the-art handheld computers provide a platform for real-time patient management. For example, the wireless-enabled personal digital assistant (PDA) allows medical and nursing staff to access electronic patient records. The tablet PC is a newly developed handheld computer that has larger display than a PDA. This may be useful in radiological image review. A test of this concept involved the observer performance in the interpretation of the abdominal plain radiograph for patients with suspicious urolithiasis. Detection of urolithiasis on a tablet PC was compared to soft-copy reading at a PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication System) workstation. No statistically significant difference could be detected between the two observational modalities. The current small-scale study supports the use of the tablet PC in the review of high resolution computed radiographs in some clinical applications without compromise of the diagnostic accuracy.
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Other Subjects
abdominal radiography; adult; aged; article; computer assisted radiography; computer program; diagnostic accuracy; electronic medical record; evaluation; female; human; intravenous urography; major clinical study; male; medical staff; microcomputer; nursing staff; patient care; performance; personal digital assistant; urolithiasis
Type
journal article