Prospective comparison of the usage of conventional film and PACS based computed radiography for portable chest x-ray imaging in a medical intensive care unit

Harold L. Kundel; Sridhar B. Seshadri; Curtis P. Langlotz M.D.; Paul N. Lanken M.D.; Steven C. Horii M.D.; Marcia Polansky; Sheel Kishore; Eric Finegold; Inna Brikman; Mary T. Bozzo; Regina O. Redfern

doi:10.1117/12.208789

12 May 1995 Prospective comparison of the usage of conventional film and PACS based computed radiography for portable chest x-ray imaging in a medical intensive care unit

Harold L. Kundel, Sridhar B. Seshadri, Curtis P. Langlotz M.D., Paul N. Lanken M.D., Steven C. Horii M.D., Marcia Polansky, Sheel Kishore, Eric Finegold, Inna Brikman, Mary T. Bozzo, Regina O. Redfern

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Proceedings Volume 2435, Medical Imaging 1995: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208789
Event: Medical Imaging 1995, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficiency of image delivery, the effectiveness of image information transfer, and the timeliness of clinical actions in a medical intensive care unit (MICU) using either conventional screen-film imaging (SF-HC), computed radiography (CR-HC) or a CR based PACS. When the CR based PACS was in use, images could be viewed in the MICU on digital workstation (CR-WS) or in the radiology department as laser printed hard copy (CR-HC). Data were collected by daily interviews with the house-staff, by monitoring computer log-ons and other time stamped activities, and by observing film viewing times in the radiology department with surveillance cameras. The time at which image information was made available to the MICU physicians was decreased during the CR-PACS period as compared with either the SF-HC periods or the CR-HC periods but the image information was not accessed more quickly by the clinical staff. However, the time required to perform image related clinical actions for pulmonary and pleural problems was decreased when images were viewed on the workstation.

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Harold L. Kundel, Sridhar B. Seshadri, Curtis P. Langlotz M.D., Paul N. Lanken M.D., Steven C. Horii M.D., Marcia Polansky, Sheel Kishore, Eric Finegold, Inna Brikman, Mary T. Bozzo, and Regina O. Redfern "Prospective comparison of the usage of conventional film and PACS based computed radiography for portable chest x-ray imaging in a medical intensive care unit", Proc. SPIE 2435, Medical Imaging 1995: PACS Design and Evaluation: Engineering and Clinical Issues, (12 May 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.208789

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