RADCOM - A COMPUTERIZED TRANSLATION DEVICE FOR USE DURING FLUOROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF NON-ENGLISH-SPEAKING PATIENTS

We developed and have implemented RADCOM (RADiology COMmunicator), a c omputerized speech-based language translator for use during fluoroscop ic examination of non-English-speaking patients. It is controlled comp letely by voice commands issued into a headset microphone. The system output is digital audio via a small speaker, in the native language of the patient. RADCOM currently supports more than 40 commands in more than a dozen languages. The language data base is easily expandable. W e have performed more than 20 fluoroscopic examinations with the RADCO M system. The non-English-speaking patients respond well, following th e selected instructions appropriately.