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Fair and Equal Pay? - January 2016 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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my provide a "wow" factor that's sure to grab the attention of your surgeons, but is it really necessary to move on from HD so soon after it became the standard of care? We spoke to 3 national experts to find out. Will the promise of 4K ultra HD really make a big difference clinically? Mr. Razavi: 4K practically doubles the pixel information that's currently available in HD. When watching a football game in standard def, peo- ple in the stands look like dots. In HD, you can see their faces. With 4K you might be able to see the color of their eyes. In the OR, you can see anatomical details that you didn't notice before, and enjoy better ren- dering of tissue surfaces and arteries. Although it's not as big of an imaging leap as what occurred when standard def was upgraded to HD, you won't realize how much detail and clarity you're missing out on until you see 4K for the first time. With 4K, you can also digitally magnify a specific portion of the image and not lose clarity. You see all 8 2 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 Dave Razavi, JD Mr. Razavi is director of media services at California Pacific Medical Center, a Sutter Health affiliate in San Francisco, Calif. David Renton, MD Dr. Renton is an associate professor of general surgery at Ohio State University in Columbus. Aurora D. Pryor, MD Dr. Pryor is vice chair of surgery, chair for clinical affairs and chief of the bariatric, foregut, and advanced gastrointestinal surgery division at the Stony Brook School of Medicine in Stony Brook, N.Y. Meet Our Experts

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