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CT & MRI Data Backup Recording Integrity on CD – DVD |
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PP: 1-5 |
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doi:10.18576/ab/090201
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Author(s) |
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Ahmad Mokhtar Abodahab,
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Abstract |
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| Medical digital imaging is nearly totally replacing conventional. Large volumes of scans and images are generated daily, which are transmitted and archived by PACS. PACS and servers are costly, especially in developing countries. Computer discs are an old method of saving and transmitting data but are still used. They also partially or near totally replace films by transmitting different scan copies to patients. This study aims to assess the durability of saving digital imaging data of CT and MRI on it for long durations of years.
Objective: to assess CT and MRI Data Backup recording integrity on CD – DVD
Materials and Methods: Retrospective study investigating the data integrity of 382 cases of CT and MRI different scan types were saved on 62 CD and DVDs within the duration of June 2007 to November 2018.
Results: The total data volume was 49433 Mb of total scans number 99437 scan images (17 CT cases of total scans number 6937 images and 365 cases of MRI of total scans number 92500 scans). Only 0.6 % of the data was lost with good preservation of all other data of different scans.
Conclusion: CDs and DVDs are a good method of data saving for several years when preserved in a proper manner. It can also serve as an alternative method of data backup of scans for different purposes.
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