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X-ray Dose Reduction through Adaptive Exposure in Fluoroscopic Imaging
Published on: September 11, 2011
Abstract:
At Woodhull Hospital, a 600-bed municipal hospital in New York City, the department of radiology uses a computer-based dictation system for transcription of x-ray reports. The system is "trained" to recognize the radiologists' voices and the vocabulary used in the department and can print on command the dictated reports. Outside transcription bills have been reduced significantly, and the success of the unit has initiated the purchase of another system. Moreover, JCAHO surveyors seemed pleased with the method we chose to meet its requirements for the timely delivery of x-ray reports.
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