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World J Radiol. Nov 28, 2010; 2(11): 425-426
Published online Nov 28, 2010. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i11.425
Published online Nov 28, 2010. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v2.i11.425
Technological innovations in digital data management and changing roles of imaging specialists in Japan
Shigeru Ehara, Department of Radiology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan
Author contributions: Ehara S contributed solely to this paper
Correspondence to: Shigeru Ehara, MD, Department of Radiology, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine, Morioka 020-8505, Japan. ehara@iwate-med.ac.jp
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Received: July 7, 2010
Revised: October 24, 2010
Accepted: October 31, 2010
Published online: November 28, 2010
Revised: October 24, 2010
Accepted: October 31, 2010
Published online: November 28, 2010
Abstract
Technical innovations in digital data management pose a threat to radiologists in that can we remain in the process of clinical decision making or be assigned to a secondary role in future clinical practice. The value added to the imaging studies by diagnostic radiologists, or imaging specialists, has never been questioned more seriously.
Keywords: Radiology practice; Teleradiology