A multimedia database for musculoskeletal tumour surgery
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Date
2001-11
Authors
Mat Zin, Nor Azman
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Management of patients with musculoskeletal tumour produced
a lot of data. Besides the basic patients' data that can be
stored as texts and numbers, there are also multimedia data
which consists of photographic images, radiological images
as well as video clips that need to be stored to improve
patient care. An efficient method to manage the large
amount of data is needed. A multimedia database system can
be used to achieve this goal. It will facilitate clinical
audit reporting, research and education.
A multimedia database for musculoskeletal tumour surgery
was developed using Microsoft Access~ 2000 that runs on the
majority of windows-based personal computers. The database
currently has records of 170 patients. The main database is
4 megabytes in size and the multimedia data occupied 5
gigabytes of storage.
The present hospital database Lifeline® only stores the
basic patients' demographic data and the Pathspeed® PACS
only stores the radiological image data whereas this
database can store all the above data which include the
multimedia data. Compared to the traditional paper-based record system, the
database offered improved legibility and centralized and
structured data. It has eased the entry and coding of data,
searching as well as providing easy access to the patients'
multimedia data. It can automatically output basic
descriptive statistics in a real-time manner that helps in
clinical audit and research. The multimedia database is
also useful for education and preparation of scientific
presentations.
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A multimedia database system