By virtue of its information technology-oriented infrastructure, the specialty of
radiology is uniquely positioned to be at the forefront of efforts to promote data
sharing across the healthcare enterprise, including particularly image sharing. The
potential benefits of image sharing for clinical, research, and educational applications
in radiology are immense. In this work, our group—the Association of University Radiologists
(AUR) Radiology Research Alliance Task Force on Image Sharing—reviews the benefits
of implementing image sharing capability, introduces current image sharing platforms
and details their unique requirements, and presents emerging platforms that may see
greater adoption in the future. By understanding this complex ecosystem of image sharing
solutions, radiologists can become important advocates for the successful implementation
of these powerful image sharing resources.
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Publication history
Published online: January 03, 2017
Accepted:
December 2,
2016
Received in revised form:
December 1,
2016
Received:
November 3,
2016
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