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Article: "Computers may be good for your health." (medical technology)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- November 1, 1984
- Author:
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When computers were first introduced into medicine, they were seen primarily as devices to store great amounts of information, producing cross-checks where needed and retrieving selected portions on demand.
Then came the growing use of computers in the laboratory, often connected to electrocardiogram (EKG) devices and equipment used to facilitate analysis of patient samples, such as blood and urine.
Still later came increasing use of the computer to magnify, extend and sometimes replace older medical technology, such as procedures used in non-surgical exploration of the body. The traditional X-ray method was improved upon in the early 1970s with ...