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AuntMinnie 2001: Frontline radiologists recall September 11

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Our top article from 2001 reported on the role radiologists played in responding to the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and was published on October 31, 2001. Concerned that there would be a glut of unidentifiable patients that would be difficult to track in their PACS networks, some facilities created hard copies of images as a backup.

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AuntMinnie 2009: California technologist faces testimony in CT overdose case

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In January 2008, 23-month-old Jacoby Roth fell out of bed, and when he could hardly move his head his worried parents took him to the emergency room at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, a small town 290 miles north of San Francisco. There, a doctor ordered x-rays and CT scans to check for damage to the child's cervical spine.

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AuntMinnie 2010: Settlement reached in Mad River pediatric CT radiation case

AuntMinnie

In January 2008, 23-month-old Jacoby Roth fell out of bed, and when he could hardly move his head his worried parents took him to the emergency room at Mad River Community Hospital in Arcata, a small town 290 miles north of San Francisco. There, a doctor ordered x-rays and CT scans to check for damage to the child's cervical spine.