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

[jbflegejr at aol.com]

We do not know yet the long term effects of getting our atoms jerked 
around. John Flege

-----Original Message-----
From: prasannasimha at gmail.com
To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com
Sent: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [HSF] Image of the Week - Fixing a tube :)(OT)

    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: 
  > > > In a message dated 2/1/2007 12:49:15 P.M. Central Standard Time, 
> prasannasimha at gmail.com writes: 
 > 
 > Latest in suing - X Ray exposure wrt 64 slice CT scanning. 
 > We had a discussion in CCM-List 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > 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 dly considerations of reimbursement and throughput have superceded a 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. 
 > > > Ed 
 > > > > > Edward P. Raines, M.D., J.D. 
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 > BryanLGH Medical Center East 
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