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| Keeping Pace with Technological Advances in the Field |
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| Lourdes Grullon, MRI Technician, performing procedure on patient, using state-of-the-art GE 1.5 Tesla 15.0 MRI equipment. |
Under the direction of Dr. Harvey
Stern, Bronx-Lebanon’s Department of Radiology has continually kept pace with
the rapid and ever-changing technological advances in the field, delivering
a full range of diagnostic imaging services for adult, pediatric, and ER patients.
The department’s team is utilizing
“high-tech” diagnostic equipment, including a new PET scanner for improved cancer
detection and staging, as well as a 64 slice
“light speed” CT scanner which allows non-invasive imaging of body organs, such
as the heart, lungs, and liver. “All details of a heart can now be literally
scanned in four heart beats and an entire body can be read in 17 seconds,” stated
Dr. Stern.
Another important accomplishment for the department is the acquisition of direct
diagnostic X-ray equipment and a digital mammography system. The X-ray equipment
offers increased accuracy, as well as decreased radiation, especially beneficial
to the pediatric population. The digital mammography system allows for improved
imaging with faster results.
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| It is noteworthy that the Radiology
Department was one of the first in the New York metropolitan area to become
totally “filmless.” |
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| Dr. Harvey Stern, Chairman, Radiology. |
Conversion to a
dictation system, with speech recognition capabilities, has also
provided immediate access (by referring physicians) to images
and reports. Recently, the department put into place a stateof-
the-art Radiology Information System/Picture Archiving
Communication System (RIS/PACS) to electronically integrate
its computer and tracking networks.
“Our fully digitized system
is allowing for the rapid reading and diagnosis necessary in the
emergency medicine area, as well as our BronxCare outpatient
network,” stated Dr. Stern. It is noteworthy that the Radiology
Department was one of the first in the New York metropolitan
area to become totally “filmless.” In fact, the use of computer workstations to view “filmless” diagnostic studies represents
a major breakthrough.
Several clinicians can now view and
study radiologic images of a patient at the hospital, or any of its
ambulatory sites, thereby enhancing quality and continuity of
medical care.
“The Department of Radiology considers our role in assisting
physicians in the diagnostic and treatment process essential to
quality care, particularly in terms of identifying medical problems
at an earlier and more treatable stage,” stated Dr. Stern. |
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