rel="nofollow" href="#u9a4dfaa4-5da4-5f3c-9340-ccb9846d4dc8">SECTION 4: Continuous Quality Improvement 9 Fundamentals of quality control INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS ESSENTIAL STEPS OF QC QC RESPONSIBILITIES STEPS IN CONDUCTING A QC TEST THE TOLERANCE LIMIT OR ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA PARAMETERS FOR QC MONITORING QC TESTING FREQUENCY TOOLS FOR QC TESTING THE FORMAT OF A QC TEST PERFORMANCE CRITERIA/TOLERANCE LIMITS FOR COMMON QC TESTS REPEAT IMAGE ANALYSIS COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY QC TESTS FOR TECHNOLOGISTS References
12 SECTION 5: PACS and Imaging Informatics 10 PACS and imaging informatics at a glance INTRODUCTION PACS CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES IMAGING INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS OF AI IN MEDICAL IMAGING References
13 SECTION 6: Radiation Protection 11 Basic concepts of radiobiology WHAT IS RADIOBIOLOGY? BASIC CONCEPTS OF RADIOBIOLOGY EFFECTS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE TO THE TOTAL BODY DETERMINISTIC EFFECTS STOCHASTIC EFFECTS RADIATION EXPOSURE DURING PREGNANCY References 12 Technical dose factors in radiography, fluoroscopy, and CT DOSE FACTORS IN DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DOSE FACTORS IN FLUOROSCOPY CT RADIATION DOSE FACTORS AND DOSE OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERATIONS References 13 Essential principles of radiation protection INTRODUCTION WHY RADIATION PROTECTION? OBJECTIVES OF RADIATION PROTECTION RADIATION PROTECTION PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL ACTIONS RADIATION QUANTITIES AND UNITS PERSONNEL DOSIMETRY OPTIMIZATION OF RADIATION PROTECTION CURRENT STATE OF GONADAL SHIELDING References
14 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 8Table 8.1 Computed tomography number ranges.
2 Chapter 9Table 9.1 QC tests recommended by the ACR and the IAEA, to be done by technol...Table 9.2 An example of a QC test format.
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 2Figure 2.1 The overall system components of film screen radiography (FSR).Th...Figure 2.2 A plot of the OD as a function of the log of the relative radiati...Figure 2.3 DR detectors have wide‐exposure latitude and image postprocessing...Figure 2.4 The overall major system components of any DR modality includes a...Figure 2.5 The major components of a CR system include the imaging plate (IP...Figure 2.6 The major system components of a FPDR system include an x‐ray gen...Figure 2.7 The major system components of a DF system consist of a flat‐pane...Figure 2.8 The basic concept for DBT and DRT is related to the principle und...Figure 2.9 In CT, the patient is scanned as the x‐ray tube coupled to specia...Figure 2.10 The major system components of a PACS make use of digital techno...
2 Chapter 3Figure 3.1 Bohr's planetary model of the atom shows a dense nucleus surround...Figure 3.2 During excitation of the atom, electrons are not ejected, but rat...Figure 3.3 The production of characteristic radiation.Figure 3.4 Bremsstrahlung radiation is produced when a high‐speed electron i...Figure 3.5 The general form and shape of both the discrete and continuous x‐...Figure 3.6 The effect of kV on the intensity and quality of x‐rays. Note tha...Figure