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Pediatric Radiology Waiting Room

A physician’s waiting room is never a great place to spend a lot of time.  I thought the above comic was a great spin on the popular book 50 Shades of Grey. You can find more great comics from J. Chang MD on PoorMD. As a father of two kids, I am sincerely grateful that these … Continue reading

256 Shades of Gray – Explanation of Grayscale

What is grayscale? Grayscale is essentially the underlying basis of all images a radiologist reviews on a PACS (picture archiving and communication system) workstation. Each pixel on a digital image has one inherent value on the grayscale, varying from no intensity (black) to the highest intensity (white). Each pixel is stored in binary code and … Continue reading