Emergence of teleradiology, PACS, and other radiology IT solutions in Acta Radiologica

Acta Radiol. 2021 Nov;62(11):1525-1533. doi: 10.1177/02841851211051003. Epub 2021 Oct 12.

Abstract

For this historical review, we searched a database containing all the articles published in Acta Radiologica during its 100-year history to find those on the use of information technology (IT) in radiology. After reading the full texts, we selected the presented articles according to major radiology IT domains such as teleradiology, picture archiving and communication systems, image processing, image analysis, and computer-aided diagnostics in order to describe the development as it appeared in the journal. Publications generally follow IT megatrends, but because the contents of Acta Radiologica are mainly clinically oriented, some technology achievements appear later than they do in journals discussing mainly imaging informatics topics.

Keywords: PACS; Teleradiology; computer-aided diagnostics; technical aspects.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / history
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Information Technology*
  • Periodicals as Topic / history*
  • Radiology / history*
  • Radiology Information Systems
  • Teleradiology / history*
  • Teleradiology / statistics & numerical data