Fiber optic video monitoring system for remote CT/MR scanners clinically accepted

摘要

Abstract: With the proliferation of CT & MR Scanners, radiologists are often forced to travel to distant scanners to review images before their patients can be released. We designed a fiber-optic broadband video system to transmit images from seven scanner consoles to fourteen remote monitoring stations in real time. This system has been used clinically by radiologists for over one years. We designed and conducted a user survey to categorize the levels of system use by section (Chest, GI, GU, Bone, Neuro, Peds, etc.), to measure operational utilization and acceptance of the system into the clinical environment, to clarify the system's importance as a clinical tool for saving radiologists travel-time to distant CT & MR scanners, and to evaluate the system's performance and limitations as a diagnostic tool. The study was administered directly to radiologists using a printed survey form. The results of the survey's compiled data show a high percentage of system usage by a wide spectrum of radiologists. Clearly, this system has been accepted into the clinical environment as a highly valued diagnostic tool in terms of time savings and functional flexibility.!5