Re: Kodak X-ray film lowers radiation dose

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

There is a lot to be said for digital pictures. 

However, when "the 35mm scan has 14.6 * 3 pixels or

43.8 megapixels in digital camera equivalent pixels,"

there still a lot the can be said for film.



http://www.users.qwest.net/~rnclark/scandetail.htm#digicamres1



--- Russ Johnson <rujohnso@nmsu.edu> wrote:



> Filmless photography is the rage now, so why not

> filmless medical

> radiography? Kodak had better prepare or they will

> become obsolete. Our

> local hospital went with digital imaging a couple of

> years ago. Works

> fine. Only thing to keep in mind is that digital

> radiographic images

> might not be admissible as evidence in a court of

> law. I don't know if

> that one has come up yet or not. So, film will

> likely be around for a

> while longer, just for things like that.

> -Russ

> 

> "Vernig, Peter G." 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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