Lobodzinski, S. Suave

English

Via Medica Journals

www.cardiologyjournal.org 481NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN CARDIOLOGYCardiology Journal2009, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 481–482Copyright © 2009 Via MedicaISSN 1897–5593Address for correspondence: S. Suave Lobodzinski, PhD, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, CaliforniaState University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA, tel: 562 985 5521, fax: 562 985 5899,e-mail: slobo@csulb.eduVirtual echocardiography repositoryfor collaboration, sharing and learningS. Suave LobodzinskiCalifornia State University Long Beach, CA, USAA new web based echocardiography resourcecalled EchoJournal (http://www.echojournal.org/)has been created for the echo video clip sharingcommunity. EchoJournal is an on-line ultrasoundvideo sharing website and discussion board. It ena-bles users to upload, store and discuss echocardio-graphy video clips. The website is free for anyoneto use but it is mainly intended for physicians andother health care professionals who use echocardio-graphy in their practice.This video-sharing site encourages the uploadof transthoracic and transesophageal loops for dis-cussion and storage. Using EchoJournal, it is pos-sible to:— upload videos;— make friends, follow their video feeds, discussthe videos, and keep in touch;— comment on uploaded videos and discuss un-known cases;— download videos onto your own computer forfuture use;— create groups/communities for your academicdepartment or university.EchoJournal combines many of the featuresfamiliar to users of other video-sharing sites, in-cluding:— easy video uploading with step-by-step videoupload for quick and easy creation of videos;— each uploaded video has an permalink to a spe-cific URL;— each video has a video player source code foryou to easily embed a movie into other webpages;— automatic looping makes discussion withothers easy.Once the video has been uploaded it is pos-sible to edit video file details (e.g. video title, de-scription); set video as public/private; enable ordisable comments/ratings/embed video; deleteany comment on your own videos and removeyour uploaded videos. Numerous channels focuson whatever the user’s interest or level of edu-cation might be, from students to practising phy-sicians, and there are sections for unique or un-known cases.The Echojournal.org site is simple, clean andeffective. The early video uploads are of good tohigh quality and should prompt useful and open dis-cussion.It is an interactive multimedia video site, de-signed to present transthoracic and transesopha-geal video loops for sharing, discussion and stor-age. EchoJournal features easy uploading, and an-notating utility for commenting, discussions, andthe ability to create targeted content for an aca-demic department, professional group, or univer-sity.The site will be curated by David E. Winches-ter, MD, a Cardiology Fellow at the University ofFlorida, who has already uploaded many interest-ing cases.Features of EchoJournal:— there are channels of the site focused towardswhatever your interest or level of educationmight be, from medical students to practisingphysicians, and sections for unique or unknowncases;— you can download videos or link directly to yourwebsite for your next presentation;— you can create your own profile;482Cardiology Journal 2009, Vol. 16, No. 5www.cardiologyjournal.org— you can rate other videos and discuss unknowncases.Figure 1 shows a sample of site content. Thesite user may select high quality video clips featur-ing specific cardiac abnormalities. Each clip hasa unique URL that can be linked to the user’s re-pository/reference library.For example, the clip showing a regurgitantturbulent flow through the center of the valve isavailable under: http://www.echojournal.org/video//37/Moderate-AI-from-Endocarditis-1-of-3.Figure 1. An EchoJournal content presentation and navigation site.EchoJournal is an example of an on-line colla-borative medicine at its best.AcknowledgementsThe author states that he has no conflict of in-terest to disclose.Referenceshttp://www.echojournal.org/

Virtual echocardiography repository for collaboration, sharing and learning

https://journals.viamedica.pl/cardiology_journal/article/download/21471/17075

Virtual echocardiography repository for collaboration, sharing and learning

Abstract

Similar works

Full text

Available Versions

Via Medica Journals