What You Should Know About Digitizing Medical X-Ray Film

Did you know that one of the most important considerations for the successful digitization of X-Ray film is image quality?   If you plan to purchase an X-Ray film digitizer and digitize the films yourself, then purchase the best X-Ray film scanner you can afford.  You...

Would You Buy a Dental X-Ray Digitizer on Amazon?

Raise your hand if you remember when Amazon.com was an on-line book store. In 1994, Jeff Bezos wanted to get in on the Internet craze and decided to start a business that would sell books online.  He choose books as his “product” due to the large world-wide demand for...

How to Digitize and Dispose of X-Ray Film

X-ray digitization is the process used to create a digital image from an x-ray film. Usually digital images are required when organizations decide to move from analog X-ray systems to digital X-ray systems.  Many are surprised to find that they can’t just lay the film...

What to Do with X-Ray Film when you Convert to PACS

When you convert to PACS, or any kind of digital X-ray system, it’s important to ensure that you maintain patient continuity.  Because prior X-ray studies that were captured on film may play a key role in patient care, diagnosis, and treatment going forward, it’s...

What You Need to Know about Archiving X-Ray Film

When it comes to archiving and records management, X-ray films pose a huge challenge.  There are two reasons for this:  (1) While not normally thought of as “permanent records” according the U.S. National Archives, X-rays are “frequently scheduled for very long...

Strategy for Digital X-Ray Images

What’s the Best Strategy for Digital X-Ray Images? Just as radiology has improved patient care, and radiography has improved industrial testing, so the Cloud can improve access to these (sometimes very large) images by providing a more effective platform through which...