Health Imaging & IT - September 2008 - (Page 20) moDality ReVieW By Sarah Lamberti A LEG UP DR Brings Orthopedic Details to Light with Speed, Accuracy Radiography remains orthopedics’ mainstay, with more than 75 percent of imaging studies still x-ray based. Digital radiography is the flavor of choice in 2008, making good business sense in a digital environment. The combination of remote access to imaging results, better management of large imaging volumes and more accurate patient diagnoses are key selling points for using DR in orthopedic imaging, whether it is in a small community hospital, critical access center, outpatient facility or orthopedic physician practice. What distinguishes musculoskeletal radiography is the number of specialized views that require special positioning of the patient and the angulation of the x-ray system and the detector. Because the musculoskeletal system is so complex, over time, people have learned that a radiographic projection recording in a particular position will be most important. One key element has been coming up with different ways to mount the system in such a way that it is flexible enough to get these complex views, according to Michael Flynn, PhD, senior staff medical physicist, at the Henry Ford Health System in Detroit. DR + tomo = more detail Henry Ford Health System serves Southeast Michigan with seven hospitals, approximately 18,000 employees including 80 radiologists and performs about 1 million procedures per year. The Henry Ford Hospital [ Carestream’s DR 7500 enables technologists at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., to easily perform cross table lateral and hip exams as well as a host of upright and horizontal exams. ] 20 Health Imaging & IT | September 2008 HealthImaging.com http://HealthImaging.com
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