Computer use in radiology

The use of computers can result in drastic rationalisation in radiology with regard to text processing, office automation and documentation. The staff can be streamlined and work can be processed more rapidly, easier and more reliably, thus essentially improving effective productivity levels. Basing on the experience collected in handling the COMRAD system. Where the textrail is the most important software component, the article explains by means of the example of three different types of reports how the radiologist is assisted in his work by the computer. (orig.)