Classification and Filing in Department of Roentgenology: Standard Nomenclature

Abstract

Creating a classification is no small task. The task is never finished so long as new ideas, facts, and technics develop and departments grow and change. If you arrange a classification for your department, it will start out trim and simple. Then there will be additions. You become accustomed to its eccentricities and less critical of its logical development. It is apt to wind up a hodge podge of anatomic, etiologic, and technical terms. It may be to your advantage to select a classification ready made even though you may be critical of the handling of certain details of personal interest in such classification. The classification selected should be: 1. A live classification, kept up to date and revised periodically. 2. Practical—not too cumbersome, but adequate, easily expanded or contracted depending upon the size of the institution served. 3. Adjustable, flexible, to reflect any change in interest or change in type of work done in the department. 4. Satisfactory for scientific requirements, but usa...