(Monday, 4/1/2019) 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Room: Orange Blossom Ballroom
Digital Radiography (DR) has the potential to further optimize Radiographic imaging by improving image quality and/or lowering dose beyond that achievable with Computed Radiography (CR). The CMS’s Payment Reduction for X-rays Taken Using CR regulation that went into effect January 1, 2018 aims to push providers to realize this potential by implementing DR systems. However, this goal can only be achieved if conversion to Digital Radiography (DR) is done with a quality driven approach. This session will provide information on how to accomplish this goal; from acceptance testing of systems converted from CR to DR, to protocol optimization techniques for systems converted from CR to DR, to Exposure Index (EI) tracking to ensure proper operational implementation of imaging techniques and identification of problem areas that need to be addressed.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand principles of acceptance testing of systems converted from CR to DR
2. Learn protocol optimization techniques for systems converted from CR to DR
3. Learn EI tracking methods to ensure proper protocol implementation and identify and address problem areas
Funding Support, Disclosures, and Conflict of Interest: CW is a member of the Medical Advisory Panel for GE Medical Systems - X-ray Imaging Systems.
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