Everyone had an X-ray. He waited for a piece of paper with a description, picked up a bulky film and … often lost it. Now the x-ray examination takes a while. Overexposure is reduced, shows more and is easy to store - on a CD.
X-rays- in case of bone fractures, lung disease or when a diagnostician is looking for the cause of pain in the spine or gastrointestinal tract - this is something we are used to. But todayx-rayis completely different. The technique of radiography in medicine has been modernized - the emergence ofdigital radiography . X-rays pass through the x-rayed part of the body, and the image is read by laser devices and entered into the computer's memory. It is visible on the monitor and then saved on a CD or other medium for archiving and sharing with the patient. The waiting time for the results of the X-ray examination has shortened, it is practically immediately. It does not require photochemical treatment (no plates and reagents), so it is cheaper.
Digital X-ray - smaller but more accurate
Digital recording has a better quality of images than traditional X-ray images, which reflect, for example, the structure of the skeleton. Images can be enlarged, rotated and viewed in 3D. You can make measurements on them, electronically drawing distances, angles, thus measuring the balance of the body, selecting the size of, for example, an endoprosthesis. Sensitive detectors generate a lower dose of X-rays, which increases our safety.
X-ray always successful
There are no failed shots. Functional shots or projections after an accident can be made without moving the patient. The device will go to his bed. The arm of the X-ray machine can be set in almost any position, which ensures greater comfort for the patient. X-rayologists and doctors view photos and possibly related data on monitors at every location in the hospital. What's more, when making a diagnosis or during an operation, a specialist will consult the problem even in another hospital, provided that there is an IT network there. Digital X-ray images are electronically archived, so it is easier to compare old and new, documenting the history of recovery.
This will be useful to youIT entered medicine
So far, there are few outlets with an extensive IT network - with servers for management, distribution andarchiving medical data, with digital negatoscopes, with direct viewing of X-ray images in the operating theater. In Poland it is, for example, the Independent Public Clinical Hospital of the CMKP in Otwock, the Chair and Clinic of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation of the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Zakopane, and the Carolina Medical Center.
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