{"id":899,"date":"2013-03-08T11:06:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/?p=899"},"modified":"2013-03-08T11:06:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T17:06:30","slug":"imaging-exam-cds-reduce-patients-exposure-to-radiation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/imaging-exam-cds-reduce-patients-exposure-to-radiation\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaging Exam CDs Reduce Patients Exposure to Radiation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/am_logo_nav.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/am_logo_nav.gif\" alt=\"am_logo_nav\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-902\" \/><\/a>With todays ever increasing reliance on medical technology and imaging to diagnose and treat patients, reducing exposure to radiation is a key goal.  On February 26th we came across an article in Aunt Minnie (a respected industry publication) that caught our eye.  In the article titled <a href=\"http:\/\/www.auntminnie.com\/index.aspx?sec=ser&#038;sub=def&#038;pag=dis&#038;ItemID=102562\">&#8220;Reporting external exams reduces repeat imaging&#8221;<\/a> Cynthia Keen discussed the study conducted by Dr. Michael Lu at UCSF that determined the findings reported in the headline.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sample-discs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sample-discs-150x150.png\" alt=\"Custom Printed DICOM CD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sample-discs-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sample-discs-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sample-discs.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This data strongly affirms the value and use of DICOM CD-R in the medical imaging community. Not only do the discs allow easy transfer of vital patient information but they now have been shown to actually reduce patient risk and exposure.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With todays ever increasing reliance on medical technology and imaging to diagnose and treat patients, reducing exposure to radiation is a key goal. On February 26th we came across an article in Aunt Minnie (a respected industry publication) that caught &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/imaging-exam-cds-reduce-patients-exposure-to-radiation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=899"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":904,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899\/revisions\/904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.techwaredist.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}