[HSF] Image of the Week - Fixing a tube :)(OT)

[prasannasimha]

They were taking about Lawyers being ready to sue for radiation induced 
malignancies etc etc.
There are now people who are concerned that any malignancy may be 
labeled "radiation induced" In fa ct the MRI companies are working hotly 
to give an equivalent result and thus without radiation exposure and 
better tissue characterization. That may be really the future.
Prasanna
DukeB60 at aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 2/1/2007 12:49:15 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
> prasannasimha at gmail.com writes:
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> Latest  in suing - X Ray exposure wrt 64 slice CT scanning.
> We had a discussion in  CCM-List
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> Prassanna,
>     Can you elaborate.  I have been involved in CT  imaging for years and am 
> amazed and dismayed by the whirlwind of excitement for  the 64 slice scanner.  
> I was informed just today that last month 1200 scan  were done on the 64 
> slice machine at our hospital.  This is a general use  machine with cardiology 
> having it's own 64 slice machine separately so this  doesn't even include what 
> may be appropriate CTA's.  I can't believe that  but a few couldn't have been 
> done equally well on a 16 or even 4 slice machine  with much less radiation 
> exposure.  It seems someone has completely lost  perspective of the bigger picture 
> and has completely lost respect for the  radiation exposure of these 
> machines.  I'm not sure who decides which  machine to schedule studies on but undoubte
> dly considerations of reimbursement  and throughput have superceded a more 
> responsible policy of which machine to  use.
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>                   Ed
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> Edward P.  Raines, M.D., J.D.
> BryanLGH Cardiothoracic Surgery
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