Quality Resource Guide: Digital Radiography (5th Edition)

Quality Resource Guide: Digital Radiography (5th Edition) is organized by MetLife. 

Originally published: April 2005
Updated and revised: November 2008, September 2011, September 2014 and December 2017
Expiration date: December 2020. 

Accreditation:
MetLife designates this activity for 1.0 continuing education credit for the review of this Quality Resource Guide and successful completion of the post test.

Course Description:
Are you thinking about including digital radiography in the design of a new office, converting your office to digital imaging or needing to assess your current digital system regarding a possible upgrade? This Guide has something for you. What kind of sensor best meets the needs of your practice? Should you have intraoral capability only, or intraoral plus panoramic? What about detector sensitivity? What are these DICOM standards you have been hearing about? How are images displayed best, and what about storage and making hard copies? Do you go all digital, or do you need to maintain conventional radiographic capability? These are just some of the questions the fifth edition of this Guide addresses. Most important, the information is an impartial, objective assessment of the current status of the subject.

Educational Objectives:
• Identify the basic technologies underlying digital imaging systems.
• Recognize the benefits of conventional and digital imaging systems.
• Describe clinically relevant differences between CCD/CMOS and PSP based imaging systems.
• Identify quality assurance issues specifically related to digital imaging.
• Describe factors to be considered in designing a backup protocol for digital images.
• Understand the issues to be considered when deciding on a radiographic imaging system.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.