COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY (CR) INSTALLATION: LESSON LEARNED AT AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Abstract

Computed Radiography (CR) has gradually become a symbol of quality radiography services in Pakistan. Despite slower adoption at national level, yet every person from radiographer to radiologist and clinicians to surgeons are becoming more and more convinced to the imaging quality produced by CR. Five years back, when the word ‘CR’ was a jargon to radiology personnel, Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), being the leader in adoption of CR system, started installation and integration with picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and Radiology Information System (RIS).