ORIGINAL ARTICLE Radiology smartphone applications; current provision and cautions

Objectives Medical smartphone applications are increasing-ly popular amongst doctors. However, the quality of their content is variable. We assessed contemporary radiology-related smartphone applications, focussing on the level of advertised medical involvement in application development. Methods Six major application stores were searched be-tween 18-30 June 2012 using the terms radiology, radiation, x-ray(s), computed tomography/CT, magnetic resonance im-aging/MRI, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy and mammography/mammogram. Application ratings, cost and medical input in development were recorded. Results 321 applications were identified. One hundred fifty-eight were "teaching " and 96 “reference”. Three of the 29 DICOM viewing applications had FDA approval for primar