STM publisher Elsevier, Netherlands, has released External link Imaging Consult, an online imaging resource that helps physicians make quicker, more accurate diagnostic decisions and improve interventional skills. By providing easy access to high-quality images and referential content, Imaging Consult will help radiologists and other physicians confirm diagnoses and solve difficult cases in less time.
Imaging Consult provides thousands of high-quality images and anatomic drawings that help radiologists identify typical, variant, and differential-diagnosis findings. The extensive reference material included with each topic contains detailed explanation of how the image findings correlate with anatomic and pathological changes. In addition to diagnostic information, Imaging Consult claims to be the only product of its kind to include the latest procedures and techniques in image-guided interventions. Physicians can improve patient outcomes by formulating the best diagnostic and treatment strategies using the online resource's step-by-step instructions for each procedure.
With Imaging Consult, healthcare organisations can improve imaging workflow and maximise their technology investment. Radiology departments can reduce case interpretation time and as a result communicate findings to colleagues faster. Hospitals can leverage the PACS and reporting system investments through integration with Imaging Consult diagnostic and reference information. Institutions that subscribe to MD Consult will also see enhanced search results with the Imaging Consult integration.
Physicians using Imaging Consult can quickly find answers to difficult questions related to thousands of diagnostic and procedural topics in imaging specialty areas such as Brain and Spine, Breast, Cardiac, Chest, Gastrointestinal, Head and Neck, Interventional, Musculoskeletal, Obstetric and Gynecologic and Pediatrics. Each topic includes information in both rapid reference and in-depth formats. Images can also be downloaded for educational and other non-commercial uses.
Written and edited by recognised US and international experts, the resource seeks to help physicians reach the correct diagnosis with utmost confidence. Normal variant images from the latest edition of Keats' Normal Roentgen Variants that May Simulate Disease are included alongside pathologic images, and differential diagnosis options can be easily compared with one another to identify detailed diagnostic features. The large collection of images and the detailed text discussion help radiologists differentiate pathologic possibilities from each other and from normal variants - to make the right diagnosis the first time.
