Category Archives: Digital X-ray Imaging
Should you upgrade your x-ray computer to Windows 11?
Sep
Testing kits for the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, have been in short supply, hard to access, and slow to give results. So, why are chest x-rays not used for COVID-19 screening? Digital x-rays are nearly instantaneous, and many chiropractor and doctor’s office x-ray machines sat unused for most of the early days of…
Aug
How can I see the entire lateral c-spine on my x-rays?!? That seems to be the million-dollar question. Obviously from a physical standpoint, the shoulders are 4-5x thicker than the neck, and you are using the same amount of x-ray to image both in that shot. So, there are a couple of techniques/methods you can try…
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…
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