An electronic method and system for improving radiologists' efficiencies
when viewing radiology procedures and rendering diagnosis in a manner
that emulates current methods and apparatus. The method of the present
invention includes reviewing electronic radiology images and reports
contained in a patient's digital master folder (an information object
invented to manage the patient's radiology information), comparing images
from the current procedure to specific images from prior procedures in a
specified order, and dictating the procedure's diagnosis into the digital
master folder. The apparatus of the present invention includes a flat
panel monitor for the viewing and manipulation of digital master folders,
a dictation trackball device for manual and voice enabled operation and
navigation of the system, and multiple high-resolution computer monitors
functioning as a "light-box" for the viewing of radiology images.