CHORUS - A COMPUTER-BASED RADIOLOGY HANDBOOK FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION VIA THE WORLD-WIDE-WEB

To facilitate collaboration among physicians, a computer-based radiolo gy handbook was developed and published electronically via the World W ide Web on the Internet. This system, called CHORUS (Collaborative Hyp ertext of Radiology), allows physicians without computer expertise to read documents, contribute knowledge, and critically review the handbo ok's content by using a simple, graphical user interface from virtuall y any type of computer system. CHORUS contains 1,168 ''note-card'' doc uments that describe radiologic findings; differential diagnoses; tech nical information, and pertinent anatomy, pathology, and physiology. D ocuments are indexed by title and by organ system and are linked to re lated documents. Data entry forms allow physicians to comment on publi shed documents, submit new documents, and review submitted documents. CHORUS uses public-domain technologies to present useful, easily acces sible knowledge for education and clinical decision making, acid it pr ovides a medium for international medical collaboration via the Intern et.