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Web-Based PACS–Why You Should Upgrade

Web-Based PACS--Why You Should Upgrade
Just as the advent of regular postal deliveries changed communications drastically, so has the use of the Internet and the World Wide Web.  With the use of electronic communications, including digital imagery and other types of data, communications are now much quicker and more cost effective.  A web-based PACS brings this type of lightning speed and ease of use to a medical facility as well.

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Using Radiology For Health Prevention Is A Great Lifesaver

Using Radiology For Health Prevention Is A Great Lifesaver
There are four main types of radiology: diagnostic, interventional, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy. The diagnostic radiological procedure includes common preventative medicine practices like MRIs, mammograms, ultrasounds, X-rays and angiography. Doctors check the various systems of the body to determine if anything is wrong. This is the best health prevention method, aside from the standard healthy diet and exercise.

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X Ray Technologists or Radiologic Technologists Profiled

X Ray Technologists or Radiologic Technologists Profiled
Radiology / X-Ray – a fascinating world of medicine and technology!

Did you know that x-rays were invented by accident?

In 1895, a German physicist named Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen made a discovery, which he later termed “x-rays,” while experimenting with an electron beam in a gas discharge tube. Roentgen noticed that a fluorescent screen in his lab started to glow when the electron beam was turned on.  Roentgen’s tube was surrounded by heavy black cardboard, so he continued to investigate what mysterious entity might be traveling right through matter.  This discovery laid the foundation for what we know to be the field of Radiologic Technology.

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