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Re: Kodak X-ray film lowers radiation dose



It was the spirit duplicator output with the funky alcohol smell.

Mimeograph is a stencil process.  The ink used in the mimeograph machines

had a distinctive odor also.



Syd H. Levine

AnaLog Services, Inc.

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----- Original Message ----- 

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

To: "'Sandy Perle'" <sandyfl@EARTHLINK.NET>; <JGinniver@AOL.COM>;

<jim_hoerner@HOTMAIL.COM>; <radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu>; "Vernig, Peter G."

<Peter.Vernig@MED.VA.GOV>

Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 1:00 PM

Subject: RE: Kodak X-ray film lowers radiation dose





> Sandy and Everybody,

>

> I didn't say replace all I said largely replace.

>

> I bought my first real PC, a Texas Instruments unit in the early 80s about

> the same time the company I worked for bought an IBM XT for general

clerical

> and other use.

>

> I went to a bank about 2000 and asked if I could type a very short letter

> and they said something like, "Oh, sure, over there, I think we still have

> some ribbons if they have dried out."  You can still buy typewriters

today,

> I even found a place where you can get them repaired recently but I'd

guess

> over 90% of the keyboarding is just that, typing on a keyboard using a

> computer as a word processor rather than on a typewriter.

>

> We still had occasion to use our typewriter for my daughter's college and

> scholarship applications.

>

> My guess would be in twenty years x-ray film will be about where the

> typewriter is now.

>

> Hey anybody remember mimeograph machines and the funky smell of the

masters

> before Xerox came along?

>

> 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: Sandy Perle [mailto:sandyfl@earthlink.net]

> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 11:49 AM

> To: 'JGinniver@AOL.COM'; jim_hoerner@HOTMAIL.COM;

> radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu; Vernig, Peter G.

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

>

>

> On 5 Aug 2004 at 9:56, 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.

>

> The above may be true, but as John just wrote, this may not be as

> feasible for older, established, but small X-ray facilities. I expect

> that Kodak, as well as other manufacturers, will continue to offer

> film, and, it will continue to be used, until existing equipment in

> offices can no longer be maintained, or upgraded.

>

> ------------------------------------

> Sandy Perle

> Senior Vice President, Technical Operations

> Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc.

> 3300 Hyland Avenue

> Costa Mesa, CA 92626

>

> Tel:(714) 545-0100 / (800) 548-5100  Extension 2306

> Fax:(714) 668-3149

>

> E-Mail: sperle@dosimetry.com

> E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net

>

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>

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