Key To Technology Of Teleradiology System Based On CSCW: Research And Realization

Telemedicine, a novel model regarding inter-hospital medical treatment between doctors and patients in different regions, is realized in technology covering modern network, telecommunication, multi-media and medicine. Such a model offers teleconsultation, medical treatment, teaching instructions, academic research and information exchanges among doctors and patients themselves. With the development of medical information as well as other relevant disciplines and technology, telemedicine has become one of the hotspots for research. It should be pointed out that due to its imperfect design, the existing practice of medical treatment for long distance purpose is observed, more or less, unable to fulfil the task to be performed by telemedicine in reality. Thus voices from patients, doctors and even hospitals are heard for a completely new, standard and safer system for long distance consultation among multiple parties capable of performing online communication and of sharing information. Apart from this, among information of various kinds used by doctors for diagnoses, those provided by medical images are the most informative and objective. Meanwhile, it is the images that clinic doctors need for consultation with doctors in charge of diagnosis. Therefore, the present paper focuses on the system of teleradiology.Nowadays, more and more work is to be implemented via computer. The social development makes interpersonal cooperation much closer. It is now far from enough for computer to support one individual's job only but the coordination among more than one! It is in this spirit that the idea of CSCW (Computer Supported Cooperative Work) is put forward. The interpretation here goes that a job is done with the cooperation of a group of people in the computer network.Based on the systematic analysis as well as on the theory and practice of technology, the present paper, while aiming at the characteristics inherent in telemedicine, had a thorough analysis of the coordinating work intelemedicine and put forward the JW-Teleradiology based on CSCW and the goal that the former is to achieve. Besides, the author has also analyzed and ad hoc designed the key to the relevant technology such as medical information sharing, coordination among consultant parties, the ways of hooking in for multiple-users and the system safety. Finally, the author presented the detailed description germane to the how of the system's realization.