Applications of CR in the Fever Outpatient Department / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the equipment scheme and value of computed radiography (CR) in the fever outpatient department.Methods One scanner of two sets of CR system was placed to the fever outpatient department for obtaining digital images. Those images and relative clinical data were transited to department of radiology by radiological information system (RIS). Then radiologists finished the diagnostic reports and ordered the printer in the fever outpatient department to print after a necessary post-process and analysis for obtained images.Results (1) Only one radiological technician was need to work in the fever outpatient department; (2) The images could preview in 55 seconds and received chest X-ray report in 15 ～ 30 minutes after exposure.Conclusion This project adapts to routine chest X-ray of patients in the fever outpatient department because of preventing contagion and high efficiency.