A Survey Study on the Chiropractic Student s Perception of Digital Radiographic System

The information age is here, and information system has been playing an important role in the modern hospitals. Especially, picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has already brought about a great innovation in medical images field by converting medical images into digital manner. Digital radiographic system is representative PACS, and the use of digital radiographic system is gradually increasing. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the chiropractic student s perception of digital radiographic system, and intended to provide the fundamental data for using digital radiographic system. We carried out a survey targeting university students who major in the chiropractic. In the present study, most of surveyed students reported that digital radiographic system was easier and more useful for storage and management compared to analog system. So, most of respondents perceived that the education on the application of digital radiographic system is necessary for chiropractic students. On the other hand, most of them evaluated that digital radiographic system had little effect on the economical and environmental aspects. From these results, it can be suggested that further study on the effect of digital radiographic system on the economical and environmental aspects will be required, and it will be necessary to publicize the economical and environmental benefits of digital radiographic system.