Reproducibility - Quality control in radiography

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Exposures made at the same kVp and mA stations of the same phantom thickness should produce the same optical density on the resulting image.   Qualitycontrolinradiography About ClusterOne HalfValueLayer EICalibration VisualInspection Film/ScreenContact GridAlignment CRErasure ClusterTwo LightFieldCongruencyTest TimerAccuracy kVpAccuracy LimitingSpatialResolution CRUniformity DR(QAP) ClusterThree Reproducibility ThresholdContrastDetailDetectabilityCR&DR CRDarkNoise Linearity Mammography Contact Qualitycontrolinradiography Reproducibility 3/12/2015 0Comments   DIANNEGUIANG1204474ExposuresmadeatthesamekVpandmAstationsofthesamephantomthicknessshouldproducethesameopticaldensityontheresultingimage.Thisisreferredtoasreproducibility(Papp,2011,p.107).Thisspeakstothefactthattheradiationintensityproducedbythex-raytubeshouldbethesamegiventhesametechniquesetting. Insteadoflookingattheopticaldensitiesofimages,analternatemethodthatcanbeperformedtoexaminereproducibilityiswiththeuseofanexposuremeter,alsoknownasadosimeter;thiswasthechosenmethodforthelabthatwasperformedinx-rayroom4intheB114laboftheInstituteofAppliedHealthSciencesbuilding.Theprocessinvolvedmaking10separateexposuresoftheexposuremeterat100cmSIDwiththetechnicalfactorssetat60kVpand5mAs.Inbetweeneachexposure,factorsettingswerechangedtoprovidedifferentcombinationsof5mAs;thiscanbeseeninTable1below. Table1.Thistableshowsthe10separateexposuresmadeandtheirresultantexposuremeterreading.Toabletoestablishwhetherthereproducibilityforthex-rayunitinroom4iswithinacceptablelimits,thereproducibilitycoefficientofvariationwasfirstdeterminedusingtheequation: Calculation:C=1/0.0172{[(0.017-0.0172)^2*8+(0.018-0.0172)^2*2]/(10-1)}^1/2C=0.02451 Meanvalueofexposuremeasurementcomparedtoeachexposurereading:(0.017-0.172)/0.0172=-1.16% (0.018-0.0172)/0.0172=4.65%AccordingtoSafetyCode35(S.C.35),thecoefficientofvariationofanytenconsecutiveradiationirradiationmeasurements,shouldbenogreaterthan0.05,andeachofthetenirradiationmeasurementsshouldbewithin15%ofthemeanvalueofthetenmeasurements.Ontheotherhand,theHealingArtsRadiationProtectionAct(H.A.R.P)statesthat thecoefficientofvariationofanytenconsecutiveradiationirradiationmeasurements,shouldbenogreaterthan0.08,andeachofthetenirradiationmeasurementsshouldbewithin20%ofthemeanvalueofthetenmeasurements.Sincetherecordedvaluesfromtheperformedlabresultedinacoefficientvariationof0.02451,itcanbeconcludedthatthex-rayunitinroom4iswithinacceptablelimits.Also,ascalculatedabove, eachofthetenirradiationmeasurementsarewellwithin15%and20%of themeanvalueofthetenmeasurements;thex-rayunitalsopassesthiscriteria. AccordingtoS.C.35,thereproducibilitytestforanx-rayunitshouldbeperformedannually.Itisimportantmakesurethatthereproducibilityforanx-rayunitiswithinacceptablelimitstoensurethatthesameresultswillbeobtainedwhenthesametechnicalfactorsareselected.Thisway,ifatechnologistwishestoreproduceagoodqualityimage,theycanbeconfidentthatthesametechniquesettingwillproducethesameresult.Thiswouldtheneliminatetheneedforarepeatx-raywhichreducespatientdose. REFERENCESHealthCanada.(2008). Safetycode35:Safetyproceduresfortheinstallation,useand      controlofx-rayequipmentinlargemedicalradiologicalfacilities.      Retrieved fromhttp://www.hc-sc.gc.ca.ServiceOntario.(2011). HealingArtsRadiationProtectionAct.      Retrieved from http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/regs/english/elaws_regs_900543_e.htm.Papp,J.(2011). QualityManagementintheImagingScience     (4thed.). St.Louis,MO:ElsevierMosby. 0Comments LeaveaReply. Poweredby Createyourownuniquewebsitewithcustomizabletemplates. GetStarted



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