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Responding to a Ransomware Attack in Radiology

Everything Rad

Imagine that your radiology department has no access to your PACS, your RIS, or even email. Our radiology department was one of the fortunate ones, we were without PACS “only” six days. Other Irish healthcare sites were without PACS for almost five weeks. We had an almost complete loss of communication with external departments.

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The ED Guide to Neuroimaging: Part 1

Northwestern EM

This can be done manually or, typically, PACS viewers have preset brain, bone, lung and soft tissue windows that can be displayed by pressing different numbers on the keypad. If hydrocephalus is suspected, determining if it is obstructive or communicating can help to understand the underlying cause. Baron EM, Jallo JI. Head Trauma.