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Oscar Jim Michael Coppes1, Raymond W Sze, Kyle Lawton
1Department of Radiology, Children's National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20010-2978, USA.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|November 21, 2008
Summary
Radiology teaching files are often inaccessible film archives. This study introduces an efficient digital conversion method, preserving valuable educational content for modern access.
Area of Science:
- Medical Imaging
- Radiology Education
Background:
- Traditional film-based radiology teaching files are largely inaccessible.
- Valuable historical radiological knowledge is at risk of being lost.
Purpose of the Study:
- To develop an efficient method for converting film-based radiology teaching files into a digital format.
- To create a web-searchable digital teaching file archive.
Main Methods:
- Conversion of large volumes of hard-copy teaching files.
- Utilizing a dedicated new teaching file software program for digitization.
Main Results:
- Successful conversion of film-based archives to a digital format.
- Creation of a retrievable and searchable digital teaching file system.
Conclusions:
- An efficient technique for converting film-based teaching files to a digital format has been developed.
- A new dedicated software program facilitates the creation of retrievable digital teaching files.
