Improved Efficiency in Clinical Workflow of Reporting Measured Oncology Lesions Via PACS-Integrated Lesion Tracking Tool

• Published in: American journal of roentgenology (1976) Vol. 204; no. 3; pp. 576 - 583
• Main Authors: Sevenster, Merlijn, Travis, Adam R., Ganesh, Rajiv K., Liu, Peng, Kose, Ursula, Peters, Joost, Chang, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Efficiency; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Prospective Studies; Radiography; Radiology Information Systems; Software; Time and Motion Studies; Workflow; quantitative imaging; structured reporting; time-motion analysis; measurement management

OBJECTIVE. Imaging provides evidence for the response to oncology treatment by the serial measurement of reference lesions. Unfortunately, the identification, comparison, measurement, and documentation of several reference lesions can be an inefficient process. We tested the hypothesis that optimize...