Open AccessWhat Is the Best Way for Patients to Take Photographs of Medical Images (Radiographs, CT, and MRI) Using a Smartphone?
Author(s) -
Xuan Yang,
Wei Wei,
Yang Zhang,
Yanan Wang,
Nan Zhang,
Tianqing Li,
Tongmei Ma,
Keying Zhang,
Mingchun Jiang,
Zhen Ma
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.178
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000001731
Subject(s) - medicine , telemedicine , clarity , teleradiology , medical diagnosis , medical physics , medical emergency , set (abstract data type) , radiology , health care , computer science , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , economic growth , programming language
Teleradiology has become one of the most important approaches to virtual clinical diagnosis; its importance has only grown during the coronavirus 2019 pandemic. In developing countries, asking patients to take photographs of their images using a smartphone can facilitate the process and help keep its costs down. However, the images taken by patients with smartphones often are of poor quality, and there is no regulation or standard instruction about how to use smartphones to take photographs of medical examination images effectively. These problems limit the use of smartphones in remote diagnosis and treatment.