What is Big Data?
Big data is nothing but a large amount of data. It can be structured or unstructured data that piles up or is generating valuable insights for a company or business on a daily basis. The matter of concern is not the amount of data but rather the use of that volume of data gathered and how companies make use of it. Big data helps in getting better insights and analysis for companies to work on their business strategy and model.
What is Teleradiology?
Telemedicine is nothing but applying various technologies to transfer clinical/health-related information. The advent of the digital age and the massive use of the internet has helped Telemedicine advance in all fields. When it is used in radiology we term it as Teleradiology.
How can Big Data Contribute to Teleradiology?
- By using different algorithmic tools and converting raw data to refined usable data in large datasets, there are multiple avenues to use radiology data to gain better insights and analyze the data accordingly.
- Big data analytics is composed of 6Cs. They are Connection, Cloud, Cyber, Content, Community, and Customization. Big data can be utilized in the planning and execution of radiological procedures.
- Most trending applications of big data in the future are different kinds of schedule scans, customized patient-specific scanning protocols, emergency reporting, assurance for the credibility of the radiologist virtually, etc.
- Specific use of big data and its applications can be done for pictures by using the analyzing process. Screening software tools built on big data can be used to cover a region of interest, such as small changes in the cyst or lobe density, solitary pulmonary nodule, or lesions, by plotting its multidimensional anatomy.
- Using the above-stated techniques, we can run more complicated applications such as 3D multiplanar reconstructions (MPR), volumetric rendering (VR), etc which require higher system resources on focused data subsets rather than using the entire image data set.
- Deep learning-based Novel Segmentation algorithms approaches are presented in the development phase. They will be helpful in the standardized gathered MR data from population-based cohort studies.
- There will be a direct impact of these algorithms on the clinical work of radiologists, alongside the comprehensive imaging data sets used.
- Since whole-body MR scans are being used in an increasing number of population-based cohort studies, it would be possible to inspect isolated organs and build a unique knowledge and work around research work on how diseases affect multiple organs at a time. Also, more can be found out about the changes in one organ that put to risk the impairment of others as well.
- Subsequently, multi-level dependencies of diseases can be researched and image-based risk layered systems used for providing personalized medicine may be started. The insights obtained through this process will have a large impact on clinical care as well.
Conclusion
Similar to any other pioneering work, many topics are debatable and still under consideration. From a broader perspective, applying big data and deep learning techniques in radiology holds a huge untapped potential in the future of healthcare.
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