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HomeRadiologyVol. 166, No. 1 PreviousNext Productivity standards for technologists: how to use them.M L JanowerM L JanowerM L JanowerPublished Online:Jan 1 1988https://doi.org/10.1148/radiology.166.1.3336694MoreSectionsPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesCiteTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints ShareShare onFacebookXLinked In Article HistoryPublished in print: 1988 FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByOptimizing MRI Logistics: Prospective Analysis of Performance, Efficiency, and Patient ThroughputKevinBeker, AlejandroGarces-Descovich, JasonMangosing, InesCabral-Goncalves, DonnaHallett, Koenraad J.Mortele2017 | American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 209, No. 4Measuring and Improving Productivity in General RadiologyMichelle A.Wilt, RafaelMiranda, C. DanielJohnson, Peggy SueLove2010 | Journal of the American College of Radiology, Vol. 7, No. 10Evaluation of MRI Acquisition Workflow With Lean Six Sigma Method: Case Study of Liver and Knee ExaminationsChristopher J.Roth, Daniel T.Boll, Lisa K.Wall, Elmar M.Merkle2010 | American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 195, No. 2Implementation of Graphic User Interface Screen Capture Solution for Workflow Assessment of Abdominal MR ExaminationsChristopher J.Roth, Daniel T.Boll, Yen W.Chea, Lisa K.Wall, Elmar M.Merkle2009 | Academic Radiology, Vol. 16, No. 10Analog to Digital Workflow Improvement: A Quantitative StudyCatherineWideman, JacquelineGallet8 September 2006 | Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 19, No. S1PACSBruce I.Reiner, Eliot L.Siegel2006Filmless RadiologyBruce I.Reiner, Eliot L.Siegel2006Changes in Technologist Productivity with Implementation of an Enterprisewide PACSBruceReiner, EliotSiegel, MaryScanlon2002 | Journal of Digital Imaging, Vol. 15, No. 1Technologists' Productivity When Using PACS: Comparison of Film-Based Versus Filmless RadiographyBruce I.Reiner, Eliot L.Siegel2002 | American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol. 179, No. 1Recommended Articles RSNA Education Exhibits RSNA Case Collection Vol. 166, No. 1 Metrics Altmetric Score PDF download

We report 10 carcinomas in 8 patients with regional enteritis. Five of the cancers were in the ileum, 4 in the right colon, and 1 in the rectum. The visualized small bowel cancers appeared as benign strictures in small bowel involved by regional enteritis. Most were poorly differentiated. The colon cancers had a more typical radiographic appearance of malignancy. In some patients with small bowel cancer the malignancy was discovered only on histologic evaluation; the malignant nature of the lesion was not appreciated by radiography or gross examination at surgery.

Portable films were monitored for 10-day periods in 1979 and 1982. Information was gathered on the indications for the examinations, the number of positive findings and their relation to the clinical condition of the patient, and whether or not the examination was properly performed as a portable or emergency examination. There were positive radiographic findings in 45.4% of the examinations. The most common indication for requesting an examination was to monitor a known lesion including daily routine films; surprisingly, 37% of these examinations demonstrated new radiographic findings even though the patients demonstrated no change in their clinical status. Portable technique was indicated in 94% of the cases, while only 56% should have been ordered as an emergency.