Radiology Teaching Files on the Internet with Musculoskeletal Cases

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Total Cases

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650

3246

Largest teaching file on the Internet, diagnosis are in French or English. English translation is fair. Some cases have large inline GIF images, other have thumbnails linked to large GIF images. Very extensive teaching file, but large images to download.

123

396

Large collection, images are annotated, for several cases the diagnosis is not proven.

94

94

Oral Surgery Teaching File. Large image size, but usually small file size, inline images are displayed small using the browser resize features, when the image is clicked the full size image is displayed, without downloading an other image.

71

71

Pediatric orthopedic teaching file with good discussions and references. Thumbnail images linked to larger images, some thumbnail are good enough, no need for the larger image.

71

1599

The inline images are JPGs. 

70

149

There are 2 separate teaching files. One with x-ray films with only the diagnosis. The second with CT's with a brief discussion.

64

132

Good quality images, most are small with links to larger images. Cases are displayed as unknowns. This is one of few sites providing CME credit, average cost is $12.50/CME hour.

60

60

Atlas of signs in musculoskeletal radiology with 60 cases, uses inline images linked to larger images. References are linked to Pub Med

57

1317

Uses a link to PACS to generate teaching file cases, it was not compatible with our offline browser and was not reviewed. Images are large GIFs, approximately 100K and each case uses multiple images. The radiology report is displayed with the images.

54

303

Large teaching file. Diagnosis is hiding in a scroll down box, a good idea to present cases as unknown, and save time to download a separate page with the diagnosis. Thumbnail images are provided with links to larger images.

52

212

Excellent teaching file with good quality inline images with optional links to larger images. Some cases contain large GIF images as inline images. Cases are presented with diagnosis. The number of cases keep increasing.

41

261

Excellent image quality. Only teaching file in German and English. Small, but useful inline images linked to larger images. Cases are presented by diagnosis except 9 unknowns. There is a search engine, and is very fast.

40

120

Teaching file of neonatal chest and emergency pediatric radiology. Excellent quality inline JPEG images.

24

163

Very slow server. Small thumbnail and large GIF images most GIF images are over 50K. Nice cases, some with pathological correlation.

21

37

Interventional teaching file with 8 cases, case of the week with 9 cases, tutorial on knee MRI and on complication of leukemia. Small inline images linked to larger images.

19

60

Nice teaching file with annotated images. Small inline images linked to larger images. Inline images are often sufficient. Cases can be reviewed as unknown or by diagnosis.

17

93

Use thumbnail images, but the thumbnail images are large and occasionally the full size image is not needed. Cases are presented as unknown. This was known as Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital teaching file.

16

94

Cases are presented by diagnosis with inline annotated images and discussion. The average image file size is very large (70k).

14

62

Cases can be reviewed either as unknown or by diagnosis, uses thumbnail image with link to larger image

14

15

Small teaching file images are quite large. Cases are presented as unknown.

13

63

Thumbnail Images are quite large and occasionally larger images are not needed.

12

12

Small musculoskeletal teaching file, images are quite large GIFs and JPEG's.

11

174

Great tutorials and good teaching file, the inline thumbnail are often too small and large images have to be downloaded.

11

91

Nice teaching file, excellent quality images and fast to download. Good discussion with references.

8

14

Offers CME credit for $10 a CME, cases can be reviewed at no charge if no CME is requested. Require registration to review the cases.

7

100

Old teaching file not updated since 1995. Uses fairly large inline GIF images.

7

31

It is a Nuclear Medicine teaching file, but most cases have radiographic correlation. The images are not included with the history, there is a separate link to a new page for each image, somewhat inconvenient. The images are all GIFs and are quite large.

6

18

Teaching file can be reviewed as unknown cases divided by section. The images are large GIFs.

6

42

Few cases, good format. Good for board review. Multimodal teaching cases.

6

418

Large teaching file, cases can be reviewed as unknown or by diagnosis. Inline images are mostly JPEGs. Some cases have diagnosis only, some have short and some have long discussions.

6

6

Small Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Teaching File not updated since 1995. It was not working on 11/18/98.

5

98

Case of the week from the American Journal of Radiology. 98 cases and increasing. Good quality inline JPEG images and good discussions. Cases are peer reviewed by AJR reviewers.

5

90

Nice teaching file with good quality images for a quick review. Only one or two line discussion.

3

11

Only history and images are given, no discussion or diagnosis is provided online. The discussion and diagnosis is published in JCAT. The inline images are all large GIFs of so so quality.

3

57

This teaching file uses thumbnail with links to larger GIF or JPEG, the user should chose JPEG for smaller images (30-60k) compared to 50-230k for GIF images.

3

31

One of the oldest teaching file on the Internet with only nuclear medicine cases, the last case is from 1994. The images are large GIFs. Cases are presented as unknowns.

3

22

All images are GIFs. There are inline images 10-40K with links to larger GIFs (>200k)

3

28

Most cases use GIF inline images, some cases use JPEG images. Most images are very large to download.

2

29

Cases can be reviewed by diagnosis or as unknowns. Thumbnail images are provided, the user can chouse between GIF and JPEG format for the full size images. When last reviewed links to the images were broken.

2

12

Small teaching file, images are quite large.