[X-ray findings: must they remain the stepchild of radiology?]

The COMRAD system elevates the quality and performance level of the typing department to the high technical level of the radiological examination equipment, since the machines employed are of high technical perfection. Thanks to the present-day developmental stage of microelectronics and the development of a user-specific software for radiologists, it becomes possible for the first time to print out the physician's report automatically via the computer, requiring merely the x-ray diagnosis as input data. This saves both the radiologist and the typist about 90% of their time. The findings are printed out as a continuous text which is strictly separated according to textual description and evaluation. The case accuracy of the findings is guaranteed by means of attributes built into the basic data sets of x-ray film evidence.