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Digital Radiography
LeeAnn Pack DVM
Diplomate ACVR
CT System
CR cons
Still need imaging plates
Cost of plates is expensive
Same amount of time to produce the
image as with film
Processing time
Increased exposure when compared to
film and DR
DR
Works like a digital camera
Images are seen immediately
Two options
CCD
Digital flat plate detector
DR
No film costs
No darkroom space
No processor to maintain
No films to search for or file
No expense for film jackets
Increased productivity
Decreased retakes
Decreased exposure (Eklin)
IDEXX
Sound Technologies
CCD
Is sold with an X-ray machine
Camera is placed in machine before
install fits underneath the table
Less expensive than the Flat Plate
Detector
Cause increase in exposure by 2 times
Double the mAs
Processor
Maintenance
Images
Ability to window exposures
Works like CT
Wider latitude for exposures
Less retakes
PACS
Picture viewing at workstations
Archiving images short/long term
Communication local or wide area
networks
System use with HIS, other equip. ect.
Method that allows storing, retrieving,
distributing throughout your hospital or
the internet
PACS
Once an image is made it is sent to
the local PACS a copy is also sent
somewhere else (in house server, off
site server)
Then the image can be pulled up and
viewed
Multiple sites throughout the hospital
EKLIN
DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications in
Medicine
Imaging standard that allows multiple
pieces of medical equipment to
communicate
Essentially all PACS and almost all
equipment speak DICOM now
DICOM does not effect image quality
Computer Monitors
Bigger really is better
Small monitor can not see entire image
Dell 2407 HC
Image Back Up
Must have a way to back up copies of
images in case your computer crashes
Time to keep images varies by
province/state
3 options
On site server
Off site server
Fingers crossed storage
Teleradiology
Can send your images to a radiologist
for interpretation
Should be of diagnostic quality
Hospital Integration
Can integrate the images you take into
the patients hospital record
If hospital is automated