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May 1, 2009
Diagnostic Imaging Asia Pacific. Internet helps transform traditional approach to radiology instructionResidents can use web to access teaching files, interactive message boards, search engines, and online presentations anytime, anywhere
BY SURACHATE SIRIPONGSAKUN, M.D.,
AND PATTANA WANGARYATTAWANICH, M.D.
Dr. Surachate and Dr. Pattana are third-year radiology residents
in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Faculty of Medicine,
Chulalongkorn University, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Yottalook Books provides links to radiology or imagingrelated textbooks. Page content is available to view, as are comments on the book. Links are provided to sites where the book can be purchased. • goldminer.arrs.org (American Roentgen Ray Society). ARRS GoldMiner provides instant access to well over 200,000 images published in 249 peer-reviewed radiology journals. Goldminer has additional age and sex refinement options, but its overall capabilities are less than yottalook. • www.imaios.com/en/e-Anatomy (Dennis Hoe, M.D. and Antoine Micheau, M.D.). Campus Medica e-Anatomy offers an excellent demonstration of radiological anatomy. Anatomy is labeled in every axial slice, and users can scroll up and down images as if they were looking at a real study. Labels for specific structures can be altered; for instance, if you want to view only ligaments, muscles, or nerves. CT, MRI, and x-ray images are available for nearly all areas of human anatomy, including the head, thorax, abdomen, and extremities. Users must register before using this website. Basic site access is free. Access to higher resolution images and fullscreen modules requires payment. Subscriptions are available for annual, monthly, and one-off use. • www.rad.washington.edu/academics/academic-sections/msk/muscle-atlas/ (Michael Richardson, M.D.). This online muscle atlas shows muscles in the upper and lower extremities. Pictures demonstrate the origin and insertion of muscles and their correlation with bony landmarks. Details of innervation, arterial supply, and the action of each muscle are shown as well. • www.medcyclopaedia.com/Home/elearning/anatomy.aspx (GE Healthcare). Medcyclopaedia combines a textbook library with a search toolbox. It contains more than 18,000 medical topics and 10,000 images. Anatomy is illustrated on several modalities, such as angiography, CT, MRI, and ultrasound. Use of the website is free of charge. • www.e-mri.org. Campus Medica e-MRI provides an excellent interactive tutorial on the physics of MRI. This topic is one of the most difficult subjects included in residency training. Concepts are explained concisely and clearly, starting from the basics of nuclear MR to more advanced techniques, such as parallel imaging and complex MRI sequences. All lessons have learning objectives and key points. This site is free to use and does not require users to register. ONLINE LECTURESSome online lectures have restricted access and users must pay a fee to watch them. Other websites offer online lectures free of charge. • cyberricci.myecr.org (European Society of Radiology). Radiologists and radiographers from outside of Europe can apply online for free membership in the European Society of Radiology (www.myesr.org). Once this process is complete, users can access over 350 recorded lectures from the European Congress of Radiology and annual meetings hosted by subspecialty societies, such as the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology and the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology. More than 6300 poster presentations can be viewed by selecting EPOS. The EDIPS download feature offers access to more than 1000 PowerPoint presentations. • www.ctisus.org (Elliot K. Fishman, M.D.). The “CT is us” website has around 150 online podcasts and videocasts of updated lectures on CT imaging topics. These can be downloaded from iTunes free of charge. Information on how to do this is given on the website. The “Ask the Fish” message board that allows users to put specific questions to Elliot Fishman also requires users to register.
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