Digital radiography: a review

D J Kastan, L V Ackerman, P J Feczko, G H Beute
1985 Henry Ford Hospital medical journal  
The fully digital radiology department remains a radiologist's dream. The technology necessary for implementation does not yet exist other than in prototype form. When the technology catches up with the radiologist's ideas, many new capabilities will exist. Electronically stored images will be available for viewing wherever a computer terminal exists. The problem of film loss would be nonexistent Images could be quickly transmitted for interpretation via microwave networks to sites far removed
more » ... rom where they are acquired. Patient radiation exposure would decrease. Computers would help decrease perception errors and would assist in image interpretation. It may be ten years before a working digital radiology department exists. However, many pro-
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