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Losing Images in Digital Radiology: More than You Think

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It is a common belief that the shift to digital imaging some 20 years ago helped medical image exchange and got rid of any potential image loss that was happening with printed image films. Unfortunately, this is not the case: despite the most recent advances in digital imaging, most hospitals still keep losing their imaging data, with these losses going completely unnoticed. As a result, not only does image loss affect the faith in digital imaging but it also affects patient diagnosis and daily quality of clinical work. This paper identifies the origins of invisible image losses, provides methods and procedures to detect image loss, and demonstrates modes of action that can be taken to stop the problem from happening.

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  2. This also explains why more detailed DICOM protocols, such as Storage Commitment, may not be able to catch all image leaks.

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  1. Massachusetts General Hospital, #470, 25 New Chardon Street, Boston, 02114, MA, USA

    Catherine Oglevee & Oleg Pianykh

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Oglevee, C., Pianykh, O. Losing Images in Digital Radiology: More than You Think. J Digit Imaging 28, 264–271 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-014-9748-2

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