Doctors See And Heal Better Than Before Fast isn’t just for athletes at the Olympics these days. The imaging equipment used at the Olympic Polyclinic during the games allowed medical professionals to quickly and accurately diagnoseinjuries. (NAPSA)—Faster, Farther, Stronger: Not only did the athletes at the recent 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics put in some grueling time, so did the medical staff that helped them. The medical personnel at the Olympic Polyclinic treated almost 1,900 coaches and athletes, including performing nearly 400 radiology exams, during the month-long 2002 Winter Games. Kodak, a proud sponsor of the Olympic Games for over 100 years, donated a Kodak DirectView DR 9000 system, Kodak DirectView diagnostic workstations, a Kodak 3600 desktop medical imager, and other medical imaging equipment to the Olympic Polyclinic to facilitate quick and accurate diagnoses of athletes’ injuries. DirectView DR systems produce digital x-rays in only ten seconds, making images available to radiologists and diagnosticians for immediate viewing and analysis. The Polyclinic’s Kodak DirectView PACS EXL system automatically stored the images and routed them to DirectView diagnostic workstations. Medical personnel also used a Kodak desktop medical imager to print out the images so athletes could share them with their regular physician upon returning home. The Polyclinic staff included medical professionals from hospitals and universities throughout the country who generously donated their time and energy to help make the operation a success. These visiting radiologists, technologists, and nurses were selected because of their experience in radiology, musculoskeletal radiology, and sports medicine. Their expertise, coupled with state-of-the-art equipment, allowed athletes and their trainers to get back to their skates, sleds and skis.
