X-Ray Group: Final Project Proposal

Parsons: Andrea Bradshaw & Xian Zhang

Siva: You Hongtao, Yin Xiaoming, Jia Jun & Tan Weiming

X-ray technology: What it is used for

• joints (arthritis)• bone density (osteoporosis)• look at arteries• mammography• spinal cord/column• chest: heart failure, lung cancer, emphysema, pneumonia,

TB• GI Tract: tumors, cancer, ulcer, blockages, hernias,

scarring• kidney stones, enlarged prostate

X-ray technology: How it works

• Traditional & Digital

PROBLEMS

• Medical Imaging Today (China)

– Experience• Rooms are cold and uninviting

• Machine is uncomfortable and inaccessible, especially in rural areas

– Technology• Technology is in disrepair, did not take the advantage of digitalization

• Many operators do not understand how it works

PROBLEMS

• Medical Imaging Today (US)

– Experience• Rooms are cold and uninviting

• Machine is uncomfortable and inaccessible

• A lot of waiting time is involved

– Machine• Expensive

• Low Mobility

• Uncomfortable

OUR FOCUS

• Ease of Machine Operation: Give it a familiar interface• Physical: similar to a camera• Digital: simple and clear, easy to transmit

• Patient Experience– Provide More Information

• Directional Posters & Pamphlets

– Make it more comfortable• X-ray bed design• Waiting room design

• Safety– Promotion of the use of lead aprons– use lead fiber fabric to increase comfort– Keep non-x-ray patients out of the imaging room

Current Portable X-Ray Machines

Deliverable 1: Imaging Transmission

• Using easy templates to assure image quality with low dose machines

Deliverable 1: Continued

• Transmit X-Rays• Send via cell phone or internet• Can be send faster for the smaller image size• Send the data to trained doctors in Tier 1 Hospitals • Label small images from template• Able to be read by all computers• Reassemble images using template information & image labels•High-quality image to allow for diagnosis

•Communicate Findings•Interface allows for easy diagnosis•Diagnosis received as simple, understandable text message

Deliverable 2: Lead Fiber Apron

• Currently not used in rural x-ray process•Designed to protect the glands•Designed to be used with different procedures•Give the patients a greater sense of respect and privacy

Deliverable 3: Machine Improvement

•Designed to work for mammogram, dental, breaks, sprains, etc.

•Easy to carry, install and dismantle

•360 degree turn tray