Software when designed with the input of users and radiology specialists warrants an intuitive user interface. Most user interfaces are Windows ™ based and appear similar to well known applications.

First, patient demographic information is entered by the keyboard, scanner or DICOM Modality Worklist. Second, the image is taken. The Automatic Exposure Control will give high quality Chest X-rays with the lowest possible dose.

Immediately after the image appears on the screen it can be relayed to any central database anywhere in the world and is typically available just a few seconds after the exposure has been made. When using the mobile phone GSM network sending a compressed 250K image to a diagnostic centre anywhere in the world will take about 25 seconds provided image compressing and communication software is used. For instance all digital chest images taken in Kisumu (Kenya) can automatically be transmitted to a data storage centre in Nairobi using Safaricom GSM network for centralised reading. The CXR reading results can be returned at the same speed.