What do radiographers think about teleradiology in Japan?

In order to understand radiographers' views of teleradiology, we sent quest ionnaires to all radiographers in Hokkaido, japan. Questions concerned the understanding of, interest in, need for and problems related to teleradiolo gy. A total of 1275 radiographers responded to the survey (a response rate of 65%). Almost all had heard about teleradiology and about 60% of them wer e interested in it. However, fewer radiographers working in the central reg ion than in other regions expected to be involved in teleradiology. If tele radiology were to be introduced, 60% of the respondents thought that it sho uld be used for interpreting difficult cases and 30% for emergency cases. H alf thought that the system should be managed and operated by the radiograp her. Thirty-seven per cent of radiographers expected that there would be pr oblems concerning the management of the system within one facility and betw een facilities, and 34% predicted problems with the installation costs.