Telerad plus mammography makes effective combination

June 3, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Telerad plus mammography makes effective combination Study certifies effectiveness of transmitting digital exams to centralized site for remote interpretation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The feasibility of hub-and-spoke mammography, in which breast imaging studies are performed at satellite centers and read at a centralized reading station, has been confirmed through an evaluation of 30,000 cases and three years of clinical experience. The Columbia University study finds the transmission and interpretation of digital mammography exams to and from a remote location through commercially available high-speed cable Internet access is safe, reliable, and cost-effective. "There haven't been any glitches since we began, but we have made long-distance transmission better and faster," said principal investigator Dr. Alan R. Melton, an assistant professor of radiology at Columbia. "We are refining the system, establishing online dictation, increasing transmission speeds, increasing the efficiency of the routing, and diminishing downtime."

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