Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology |
About CHORUSCollaborative Hypertext of RadiologyOverviewCHORUS is a "quick reference" hypertext for physicians and medical students. More than 1,100 documents describe:
CHORUS was developed using a "peer review" process that allowed Web-based submission and anonymous review of documents. All CHORUS documents have been reviewed (and updated as needed) within the past two years; the date of most recent update is indicated on each document. BackgroundCHORUS is based on Fact/File, a radiology hypertext reference that was integrated with the clinical radiology information system at the University of Chicago in 1990. Fact/File has been used extensively, mostly by radiology residents who use it for quick review and for diagnostic decision support. To the original set of 810 documents, 12 authors contributed more than 400 documents.MetadataCHORUS documents have been enhanced to include metadata (document descriptions) using the Dublin Core framework. To facilitate searches, our documents are indexed using Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.The CHORUS LogoThe figure is a detail of the François vase (the volute-krater of Kleitias, c. 570 B.C.), in which Theseus in festival dress leads the victory dance at Delos.The Athenians were forced by King Minos of Crete to send a tribute of seven youths and seven maidens to be exposed to the Minotaur in his maze-like keep, the Labyrinth. Theseus sailed to Crete, threaded the maze with the help of the ball of thread given him by Minos' daughter, Ariadne, slew the Minotaur, rescued the fourteen, and followed the thread out of the Labyrinth. Then, he and the fourteen celebrated their deliverance by a dance, in which they mimed the process of their exit hand in hand. Choral dance was a widespread phenomenon of ancient Greek culture, and arose much earlier than the dramatic chorus. The illustration symbolizes our collaborative effort to share medical knowledge. Awards
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SupportSupported in part by a U.S. Public Health Service grant from the National Library of Medicine (USPHS G08 LM05705) for Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems (IAIMS) planning at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD, Editor 1 October 2013
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