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To: Gottfried who wrote (3592)	6/10/1998 4:18:00 PM
From: Robert Salasidis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9256

At the moment we only store digital images (CT, MRI) which are not that bad - 512x512 images with 8 bit (I think the depth is 8 bits but it could be more) gray scale. Each CT is about 20-100 cuts. There are 3 CTs, and 1 MR machine doing about 1-1.5 scans per hour 14-18 hrs per day. This works out to about 1.0-2.5 Gb / day. Currently they are saved on CD-R - I am sure compression decreases the storage requirements a little. One NFR disc (in 20 Mb cap) can store about 2 wks worth of scans. In the near future all XRays will be stored on digital media - decreasing film consumption (that is where the money to implement these changes comes from). These will probably add an order of magnitude increase in storage requirements.