A teleradiology architecture featuring security and high performance.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

DSL or cable modem promise faster teleradiology solutions but require security measures to protect data as it travels over the public Internet. A Virtual private network link may protect data but creates a vulnerability for the hospital intranet. We upload images from the hospital to Web server hosted on the Internet and download them to a PC at the physician's home. Both transfers are protected by the standard SSL Web security protocol. Files can be zipped together for transmission as a unit, with lossless compression as an added benefit. We have measured download times of a few seconds for nuclear medicine studies and a few minutes for a computed tomography study. The proposed solution, which does not require a full-fledged picture archiving and communication system, is adequate for small hospitals or imaging centers.

Volume

15 Suppl 1

First Page

214

Last Page

215

ISSN

0897-1889

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

12105731

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

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