Author Archives: Pam Arroway
Should you upgrade your x-ray computer to Windows 11?
Our lead physicist and co-owner, Adam Evearitt, was featured in DotMed’s October 2021 issue talking about radiation shielding guidelines across the country. Take a look! https://www.dotmed.com/viewer/102021/#page=39.
In August of this year (2019) the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) released a statement that turned a lot of heads. The AAPM recommends that gonadal shielding (the lead apron around the waist) no longer be used in x-ray imaging exams. It’s a bold position that goes against what nearly everyone for 100…
Moving from film to digital x-ray images has many advantages for both patients and x-ray operators. Digital imaging offers a wider latitude of exposure factors when creating the x-ray image, and patients have benefitted due to the fewer number of repeat x-rays needed. When using film, it was easy for the rad tech to tell…
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