All of our “plain film” X-Ray exams are no longer acquired on film, but rather are captured digitally throughout the Cayuga Medical Center Hospital and Imaging Centers.  Fully digitized X-Ray exams are now available on PACS for the fastest possible viewing.

There is no Film!  All images are immediately sent to the Picture Archiving and Communication System and are available on computer screens to all the doctors throughout the Hospital  and Ithaca region who need to have access to them to  begin timely treatment! 

The oldest diagnostic imaging modality is still the first line screening study and most often used  technique for a broad range of  diseases, and is widely used in critical and emergency care management. For example,   X-Rays are used to diagnose pneumonia  and pulmonary edema in congestive heart failure,  lung cancer,  emphysema,  kidney stones, abdominal trauma, ruptured intestines,  bone cancer,  fractures and dislocations, to name just a few of hundreds of examples.  These initial studies are then sometimes followed by CT, US or MR for further characterization in order to make the most specific diagnosis.