New program for efficient conversion of film-based teaching files to searchable Web-based teaching archive.

Coppes, Oscar Jim Michael; Sze, Raymond W; Lawton, Kyle; McCaslin, Aaron · AJR Am J Roentgenol · 2008

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Abstract

A near-universal problem in radiology departments is the inaccessibility of traditional film-based teaching files. The intellectual wealth of generations of preceding radiologists is being squandered. Our objective was to develop an efficient method to convert these film-based archives to a digital and Web-searcheable teaching file. We present an efficient technique to convert large-volume hard-copy teaching files to a retrievable digital format using a new dedicated teaching file software program.

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