TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN TELERADIOLOGY

Teleradiology consists of a set of added-value telematic services, imp lemented over an advanced telecommunications infrastructure and suppor ted by different information technologies and related applications. Th e main goal of teleradiology is to provide different levels of support for remote diagnostic imaging procedures. This paper considers techno logical advances in this important area, including a discussion of the various added-value telematic services, applications supporting these services, and the required information technology and telecommunicati ons infrastructure. Teleradiology is also considered in the general co ntext of an integrated regional health telematics network, emphasizing its role and its interaction with other information and networking se rvices.