A LOW-COST CD-ROM BASED IMAGE ARCHIVAL SYSTEM

Many radiologists have large collections of original or copied radiogr aphs, as well as 35-mm slides of radiographs that require conventional carousel-type projectors for display. These images cannot be digitall y manipulated or displayed in other formats. The authors used compact disk, read-only memory (CD-ROM) technology as a low-cost method of dig itally storing these images. The CD-ROM disks were created from slide images optically scanned and digitally transferred to a disk. The imag es may be incorporated into any type of computer application, used on multiple computer platforms, and are easily transportable. The process is a low-cost, high-quality method of transferring images to digital media and is currently available to anyone with a conventional 35-mm c amera, a CD-ROM reader, and computer.