A computer-based terminal for radiological reporting

MEDELA is a computer-controlled visual-display system for the preparation of radiological reports. It consists of a film-strip based terminal, the MEDELA unit, which presents, in a controlled order, every required term or phrase for radiological examinations and diagnoses. The displayed material is arranged so that, at each level, information pertinent to the current case is available to the radiologist. For this reason, MEDELA is more versatile and flexible than other input devices. Despite this, it requires less manual work by the operator than do comparable image-display systems. Although the system has been devised for radiological reports, it is by no means limited to radiology, but is suitable for all kinds of descriptive and narrative data.