Plateforme

La mise à disposition de systèmes de téléradiologie permettant la transmission cryptée, le retraitement, l’analyse des dossiers radiologiques ainsi que la rédaction et l’archivage de seconds avis

Outils

La mise à disposition d’outils de formation médicale continue, accessibles en ligne, participant au développement et à l’amélioration des compétences en radiologie et en imagerie médicale dans le zones à faible démographie médicale

Expertise

Le développement d’un réseau d’expertise radiologique coopératif international.

Formation

L’organisation de missions de formation en radiologie et en imagerie médicale et la mise en place, lors de ces missions, d’unités de téléradiologie assurant leur relais et leur suivi.

**“….So in these important areas of research there seems to be common ground, and perhaps one of the most important tasks for our professional societies is to coordi- nate the exploration for answers. It is our responsibility and duty to unite and provide some of the necessary support and aid to facilitate development of a more robust global network for paediatric radiology. The level of basic requirements has been well researched and documented by Médecins Sans Frontières, its off-shoot Téléradiologie Sans Frontières, the World Health Organization, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (radiation exposure issues). We believe that a support network is already in existence within all of our societies, and hence it is time to pool the resources of the Asian-Oceanic, European, Latin American, and American societies of paediatric radiology, and create a world federation of paediatric imaging. …(read more) **— Pediatric Radiology (2011) 41:799–800 EDITORIAL: 2011 – year of the bold step ? Øystein E. Olsen & Catherine M. Owen

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“Objectifs: Optimiser l’interprétation des dossiers radiologiques, dans les pays en voie de développement via un WEB-RIS-PACS caritatif permettant le développement d’un réseau international d’expertise.Matériels et méthodes: Le réseau est constitué de radiologues bénévoles expérimentés (lecteurs), associés en « groupes d’interprétation » couvrant l’ensemble des sub-spécialités radiologiques. Chaque lecteur est préférentiellement lié à un radiologue exerçant dans un pays en voie de développement (émetteur). Les dossiers radiologiques cryptés sont transmis par internet au WEB-RIS-PACS. Celuici permet la transmission, le retraitement, l’analyse des images ainsi que la rédaction d’avis. La fonctionnalité de la plateforme est quantifiée sur base de paramètres mesurables (nombre et temps de transit des dossiers) et évaluée sur 6 mois. Un formulaire permet d’évaluer la pertinence et l’utilité de l’avis du lecteur.Résultats: Constitution d’un « groupe d’interprétation » comportant 6 lecteurs liés à 6 émetteurs internationaux (Afghanistan, Bénin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, R. D. du Congo, Rwanda). Echange prospectif de 30 dossiers. L’avis du lecteur est jugé pertinent et utile pour 80 % des dossiers traités.**Conclusion: Le WEB-RIS-PACS caritatif (Association Téléradiologie Sans Frontières) permet le développement d’un réseau international d’expertise optimisant 80 % des interprétations pour les dossiers radiologiques nécessitant un avis secondaire dans les pays en voie de développement. **— Journal de Radiologie Volume 89, numéro 10 page 1564 (octobre 2008) INF-WS-1 Teleradiologie sans frontieres : naissance d’un reseau international d’expertise radiologique J.B. Niedercorn 1, G. Wajnapel 2, P. Jissendi Tchofo 1, M. Bali 1, D. Balériaux 1, C. Christophe 1 1 Bruxelles – Belgique 2 Paris – France

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** ….More complex solutions are also beginning to emerge. A tele-US system for real-time imaging in resource-limited settings is now possible [43]. Using open-source software and commercial off-the-shelf hardware, a remote US technician can be connected to a radiologist. Another recent initiative has been Téléradiologie sans Frontières (TSF; Teleradiology without Borders), a Luxembourg-based enterprise involving expert radiologists and high-end technology based on a Power Server PACS system developed and donated by RamSoft [44]. Using a standard computer, users log on to WEB-PACS over the Internet. Images are transmitted to the data centre at the push of a button, and radiologists interpret images sent to them. Everything is stored centrally, and available online. If a computer is lost or damaged, it is easy to recover the images with any other computer using a web browser. Thanks to TSF’s WEB-PACS, large files need no longer be split. The PACS enables the smooth transmission of large files that upload in the background, often while readers are completing their normal workload. This also helps to avoid the disadvantages of hardcopy storage and retrieval, which is time- and space-consuming (Fig. 6). Plain radiographs can also be photographed and recreated in JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format [45, 46]. JPEG images can then be converted into DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine) format; a PACS conversion facility is essential to the process. There is no charge for the remote reading service, which is currently available in parts of Francophone Africa. Established private teleradiology practices such as Nighthawks are also involved in pilot programs with NGOs reporting radiographs from rural health centres, free of charge [47]…(read more) **— Pediatric Radiology (2011) 41:826–831 Paediatric radiology seen from Africa. Part I: providing diagnostic imaging to a young population Savvas Andronikou, Kieran McHugh, Nuraan Abdurahman, Bryan Khoury and Victor Mngomezulu, et al.

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** …. Operated by volunteer radiologists, Téléradiologie sans Frontières (Teleradiology without Borders), a Luxembourg-based nonprofit organization founded by Dr Jean-Baptiste Niedercorn and Dr Gérald Wajnapel, started to provide teleradiology imaging services to developing countries using a professional cloud picture archiving and communications system (PACS).[10]…(read more) **— Teleradiology, Nonprofit (2021, July 14). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dualprocesstheory(moralpsychology)

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