European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes August 1985 army is partner in Tel radiology project system would Aid Battlefield diagnoses by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington the defense department and the Public i Calth service arc trying to develop a film less compute controlled xray system that could bring bet Ter and faster medical diagnoses to service members on battlefields and ships at the army medical research and development corny threw its support behind the project last week during a three Day Tel radiology conference at the uniformed services University of the health sciences in suburban said Melvyn arc Barman of the Public health the Public health service is a natural partner in the project because technology that can bring better rays to the Battlefield also can make them available to the Rural poor in Appalachia or Greberman a three year to which the army is contributing has just been started to develop a better Way of capturing an xray image electronically and display ing it on a television like the project also seeks to develop a network Over which xray images can be sent As digital digital transmission Means even Small military bases without i radiologist could offer sophisticated xray analysis by sending the image Over the phone line to a Large medical where experts could examine the project builds on tests in 1982 and 1984 that showed that with technology available digital x Ray images can be 97 percent As Good As those that doctors see on one advantage readers of the video image had during the latter test was that they could enhance it Darken ing some lightening magnifying a portion of the reversing the image to Black on White to show a vein in a lung or pneumonia hidden in a part of the lung behind the in the a video camera scanned a film electronically breaking Down the image into shades of a computer assigned a number to each Shade of noted its location and then sent the data Down a phone line to the medical the numbers were used to recreate the shades of Gray and the image on a to the tests satisfied researchers that digital image x rays Are Worth the next step is to eliminate film entirely an xray and capture the result As digital information that can be transmitted to a medical displayed on a screen and in an address to the Everett surgeon general of the United noted the military interest in the the army sees the great potential of this unique system for providing Quality radiological service under Field combat Koop the proposed Digi Talmage system just might be Able to generate accurate images of combat injuries to those medical personnel who work close to the actual zones of this could mean that american combat personnel could Benefit from better More effective treat ment and quicker recovery and All in less Greberman said digital imaging also could help Speed identification of casualties after the 1983 car bombing of the Marine Barracks in Lebanon that killed 241 military researchers demonstrated that dental often used to identify the could be part of the problem with film especially for Logis tics officers is that it is said army Sherry head of the radiology department at the Mili Tarys medical processing film requires water and Machin she the present equipment is not flexible or capable of rapid deployment something our tactics require of the army Brahman said development needs to proceed on two Levels the machinery that can capture xray information in digital form and a network to relay integrate it with information from other medical procedures being done on the patient and store the equipment needed for film less rays should be ready at least in prototypes within a few Greberman among the pieces of equipment being developed is a transportable unit that produces an xray that can be manipulated on a to screen to show an area of the body from above or Back or front or even in rays captured As digital signals could be stored on magnetic tape Brahman the cassettes could be clipped to a patients held jacket and accompany the patient to the rear during or the data could be sent Back by Greberman said digital rays have advantages that will Benefit All kinds of the enhancement that digital images make possible May mean doctors will need to order fewer he that Means patients will face less exposure to a storing digital rays on laser disks a Little larger than conventional phonograph records also could help reduce patients exposure to Greberman said that More rays sometimes Are ordered because a physician simply cannot locate the original computer images also will mean that All the doctors who need to see rays at once could do after an Auto he Bone and brain surgeons and internal Medicine specialists could see rays at the same woman injured in blast remembers slain Friend by de Reavis staff writer Frankfurt Barbara Reuter would rather be out celebrating at the local Fountain Shes hos in the German trauma waiting for a leg wound to heal and learn ing How to walk a 24yearold native of Sachsen is one of More than 20 people who were injured in the car bomb blast that killed two people at Rhei main a on Reuter Learned after being hospitalized that one of those killed was her Friend Becky Bristol of san the other person killed was Frank assigned to the 437th military Airlift Wing at Charleston Reuler can talk about the events of 8 in a quiet i knew Becky three months and we hit it Oft we went out together on her knew and they had become Good friends us Becky and 1 went shopping together and exchanged Small As Good women friends Becky and John were Only married six months when it he was try in the at the 1 dont know if he returned to duty Over on the morning of the Reuter Rode the bus from Sachsenhause to the Neu Isenburg shopping where she picked up a ride to the base with a she got out of the car in front of build ing where she worked in the civilian personnel i saw Becky car already parked there and if 1 wed have time for a cup of Coffee together before work about 10 Steps from the building some forceful pressure made me Bend that was fortunate because i could see Metal and branches Fly by i could have been struck in the the sky had turned Light and then there was the detonation and another pressure wave that spun me around Job degrees and onto my she was now sitting on the ground fac ing the detonation site about 55 Yards from where the vow passant i had no idea what had and then i saw the red Hole in my leg and started Reuter said she was taken to the clinic on the air where air Force medical personnel treated her wound and then transferred her to the army Hospital in i was asked if i cared to stay in the 97th general Hospital but although my English is quite when it comes to medical i feel More confident when i hear them in my native Reuter on the same Day she was moved to the German trauma where Shes Well on the Road to the Bone is split and but the doctors say it will heal itself quickly at my then do some skin i Hope to be Back to work in All costs Are covered by her German health Reuter i think of working anywhere else because the working atmosphere is excellent and i enjoy using my in still a Little worried there might be some psychological Barrier to overcome when i face the bomb the Long Windowsill of her room is lined with Flowers and Frankfurt lord mayor Walter Wallmann and her Bosses at the air base were among those who sent Flowers and brought greetings from you bombing Doest change a Reuter i wonder what those people think they will gain by this sense less Rhei main co employee Barbara Reuter photo by Lynda Sparks recovering from leg wound at German trauma Center in
