Having worked with radiology medical students and principal investigators and educators in radiological graduate research, presenter Michael Torno, DSc, noted that there wasn't a curriculum that detailed the digital computing environments used in radiology.
Most educators and students are familiar with computers, but they are not necessarily familiar with complex digital image management technology such as PACS, he said. That was the case for Torno, who comes from a nonradiology background.
"Now that I have been heavily involved in the development of radiological computing tools, I wanted to create an educational tool which teaches the basics of how a PACS works and how to utilize and create radiological databases," he told AuntMinnie.com. "Most importantly, [we wanted to develop ] a device that provides a 'hands-on' approach to learning the fundamental basics of radiological computing systems and how these systems interact with one another. "
Learn more about their approach in this Sunday presentation.
