HAND-HELD DIGITAL BOOKS IN RADIOLOGY - CONVENIENT ACCESS TO INFORMATION

Radiologists need constant, convenient access to current information t hroughout the course of their daily work. Today most learning in radio logy is obtained from the printed word in books, journals, and teachin g files, supplemented by the spoken word in lectures and conferences. Although learning from printed material and lectures has been proved e fficacious over time, these media share the disadvantage of not being conveniently available for reference during the course of daily work a t the alternator or in the examination room when accurate and up-to-da te information is needed the most. As a result, many important questio ns about patient care go unanswered. We have developed a technique-han d-held digital books-to lower this barrier to searching and retrieval. When radiologists have a digital library that can be carried with the m, they will be able to incorporate current radiology information into their daily decision making, We describe a technique for creating han d-held digital books and their future use in radiology.