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Digital Radiography is the new frontier for
Diagnostic Imaging and is currently the most up-to-date system that
hospital imaging departments are purchasing. Digital Radiography
transmits the patients' images directly to the computer imaging
system in use at CRHCC, which in turn allows the images to be electronically
available within minutes to other departments within the building,
and to other health care facilities with similar technology in Nova
Scotia and the rest of the Maritimes. With this advancement, a patient
can be x-rayed without the technologist having to handle cassettes
and process the images. Moreover, a digital unit decreases the time
a patient is on the x-ray table and the time a patient is in the
Diagnostic Imaging department. From an environmental perspective,
this technology is a significant improvement over old x-ray suites
that involved film and chemicals for processing, to say nothing
of the space required to store them.
CRHCC has a radiograph unit that can be converted to digital with an upgrade called
a flat panel. Without this piece of equipment the types of examinations that can be
performed are limited and it means the space can only be used 40 percent of the time.
Conversion to the Solid State Flat Panel Detector will allow the table to be used for
all studies and improve patient wait time. As well, the images are superior in quality
to general x-rays, greatly aiding the Radiologist in the ultimate diagnosis. |
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