Mobile teleradiology simulation using dicom files reader application on android smartphones

Abstract

The rapid development of digital technology has given birth to the industrial revolution 4.0, where every line of human life cannot be separated from the existence of smartphones. The development has spread to all fields including in the field of radiology. The development of Android-based applications that are able to open Dicom files, makes it easier for doctors to analyze patients' diseases without limited time and location. In this study mobile teleradiology simulation was carried out by sending dicom files that were archived in zip from the scanning results using mobile x-ray and DR films via email, files which were received using an android smartphone and then extracted. By activating the dicom file reader application on the smartphone an image that can be adjusted to brightness, sharpness, contrast so that it can be further analyzed by the recipient. With this simulation, it is analogous if the file sent is a scanning of a patient, and the recipient is a doctor, then the doctor can analyze the disease of the patient.