RE: Kodak X-ray film lowers radiation dose

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

I believe film will no longer be used as soon as

hydrogen power becomes the fuel of choice in this

country.



--- "Vernig, Peter G." <Peter.Vernig@MED.VA.GOV>

wrote:



> Film is passé and will probably soon be all but

> obsolete in this country.

> Digital imaging is here now and we switched over a

> year ago in radiology.

> One of our clinics uses it in their dental clinic we

> do not as yet, matter

> of inertia and start up costs.  But besides reducing

> use of chemicals with

> toxic silver [that's right silver] and attendant

> silver recovery it allows

> us to read studies from two of our clinics here.

>  

> My guess is Kodak is trying to retain as much

> business for as long as

> possible by making whatever improvements it can.

>  

> I visited an orthopedist because my daughter had a

> problem [essentially like

> having osteoporosis [sp?] in one bone in her foot

> because of poor blood

> supply.  The doctor was able to zoom, enlarge,

> rotate, and very visually and

> explicitly show me the problem, or actually the

> correction of the problem.

>  

> It was way cool!  And my daughter's foot is OK too.

>  

> 

> Any opinions in this e-mail are solely those of the

> author, and are not

> represented as those of the VA Eastern Colorado HCS,

> the Dept. of Veterans

> Affairs, or the US Government.

> 

> Peter G. Vernig, Radiation Safety Officer, VA

> Eastern Colorado Health Care

> System, 1055 Clermont St. Denver, CO 80220,

> peter.vernig@med.va.gov, Phone=

> 303.399.8020 x2447; Fax = 303.393.5026, alternate

> fax, 303.393.5248

> 

> "...whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is

> lovely, whatever is

> admirable, if anything is found to be excellent or

> praiseworthy, let your

> mind dwell on these things."

> 

> Paul of Tarsus 

> 

> -----Original Message-----

> From: JGinniver@AOL.COM [mailto:JGinniver@AOL.COM]

> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:33 AM

> To: jim_hoerner@HOTMAIL.COM;

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

> Subject: Re: Kodak X-ray film lowers radiation dose

> 

> 

> 

> In a message dated 4/8/04 3:25:34 am,

> jim_hoerner@HOTMAIL.COM writes:

> 

> 

> 

> 

> [Makes one wonder if it's more expensive film, and

> if so, is it worth it?

> LNT in action, folks.

> 

> 

> 

> 

> I don't know whether there will be some increase in

> price for this new film,

> but I have got the dentist who undertakes work at

> our site to move from

> group D to Group E films which reduces the dose by

> about half.  I did check

> with his film supplier and the cost was the same. 

> In addition I checked

> with Kodak and the  Group E film used the same

> processing as the Group D and

> so there was no additional cost for new equipment,

> writing new procedures,

> staff training etc. 

> 

> A true example of ALARA, where it was entirely

> reasonable to reduce doses by

> half.

> 

> Regards,

>      Julian 

> 

> 





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"We Americans have no commission from God to police the world"

Benjamin Harrison



-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com





		

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