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in Radiology

1991’

The infoRAD area at the i99i scientific assembly of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) will once again showcase several exhibits on the use of electronics in radiologic practice and education.

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design of the infoRAD ‘9i area has tried to comments solicited from attendees of infoRAD ‘90. The various components will be clearly identified, and scientific exhibits based on cornputer interactions will be located adjacent to infoRAD to provide more continuity. As it did last year, lnfoRAD will contain the generic Demonstration Area, sponsored by the RSNA Electronic Communications

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The videotape will last 3-4 minutes and will run continuously. The introduction is intended to orient the novice to the electronic exhibits and to guide individuals who would like to select specific exhibits for more thorough investigation. Educational electronic exhibits designed by RSNA members will be featured at InfoRM) ‘91. Demonstration areas for each exhibit will be arranged to allow sufficient space for each exhibitor to explain developed projects.

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be illustrated. The smorgasbord of electronic educational and practice media and programs continues to grow as more tools are developed to deal with the massive amount ofmedical information. As evidence of this, our requests for educational electronic exhibits resulted in many more responses than could be programming

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ing selected scientific exhibits and the other, refresher courses. Viewers will be asked to comment on the use ofthese products. Nonmedical videodiscs will also be presented to acquaint attendees with the breadth of the educational and entertainment possibilities available on videodiscs. For the inquisitive student, an electronic interactive educational program and how it was created

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Medical literature databases will be exhibited in a small theater setting equipped with multiple workstations. Staff members of the National Library of Medicine and local regional medical libraries will be available to demonstrate and provide information on databases that can be accessed at home or the office. They can also instruct attendees in conducting literature searches. A similar theater and instruction format will be employed to demonstrate the use and increasing availability of electronic networks. Experts will demonstrate the different types of networks and how they can be used to send electronic mail, access large databases, and run programs on large mainframes. Several videodiscs will be displayed. These discs include a sampler from the National Library of Medicine

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