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- Committee Report -

Development and Current Status of a Chest X-ray Interpretation Exercise System for Lung Cancer Screening

Takeshi Kobayashi¹, Yuichiro Maruyama¹, Kiyoshi Murata¹, Kazuto Ashizawa¹, Katsunori Oikado¹, Akira Sakurada¹, Masami Sato¹, Kiyoshi Shibuya¹, Tomotaka Sobue¹, Daisuke Takenaka¹, Tomio Nakayama¹, Kenji Nishii¹, Masao Harada¹, Sumiko Maeda¹, Hiroyuki Miura¹, Hideki Mitomo¹, Makiko Murota¹, Motoyasu Sagawa^1
1The Committee for Lung Cancer Screening of The Japan Lung Cancer Society, Japan

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Based on a questionnaire survey, the Lung Cancer Screening Committee considers that the aging of doctors involved in lung cancer screening and the high coverage rate of non-specialist doctors are problems; thus, the acquisition of new reading doctors and maintaining and improving the reading ability for doctors who currently perform reading, are considered very important. In 2012, we published Chest X-ray Interpretation Textbook for Lung Cancer Screening with the aim of solving these problems; however, we needed a method to apply the knowledge learned there. In 2018, screening image data were collected from facilities related to the Lung Cancer Screening Committee members, and the image data were evaluated by central judgment. Based on the data and results, we have developed a system that enables interpretation exercises similar to the examination interpretation environment. In May 2019, it started operation as a system that members can practice anytime and anywhere via the internet. It is now stably operated at more than one year after the start of operation. This paper explains the progress of the development of this system and how it is used. It also reports the usage status.
key words: Lung cancer screening, Chest X-ray, Reading exercise, Internet

JJLC 61 (2): 69-76, 2021