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Eight hospitals x-ray units and four radiology centres were studied and the test for kVp accuracy, kVp consistency and kVp reproducibility were conducted on ... InternationalJournalofResearch User Username Password Rememberme FontSize JournalContent Search SearchScope All Authors Title Abstract Indexterms FullText Browse ByIssue ByAuthor ByTitle ArticleTools Printthisarticle Indexingmetadata Howtociteitem FindingReferences Emailthisarticle(Loginrequired) Emailtheauthor(Loginrequired) Information ForReaders ForAuthors ForLibrarians AboutTheAuthors Margaret.I.Ike-Ogbonna India Daniel.I.Jwanbot India Emeka.E.Ike India Home> Vol4,No13(2017)> Ogbonna AssessmentofkVpAccuracy,ReproducibilityandConsistencyindiagnosticx-rayunitsofsomeselectedhospitalsandradiologycentresinJosandenvirons,PlateaustateNigeria. Margaret.I.Ike-Ogbonna,Daniel.I.Jwanbot,Emeka.E.Ike Abstract Toensurethatradiationdosesreceivedbybothpatientsandmedicalstaffarekeptaslowasreasonablyachievable.QualityAssuranceprogramimplementationinconventionaldiagnosticradiologyisnecessary.Theexposurefactorsofthex-raymachineneedtobecheckedfromtimetotimeasrequiredbytheInternationalCommissiononRadiologicalProtection (ICRP).Inthisresearch,assessmentofthetubeoutputvariationwithkVpaccuracy,reproducibilityandconsistencyindiagnosticx-rayunitsofsomeselectedhospitalsandradiologycentresinJos,PlateaustatewerecarriedoutusingGammexdigitalkVmeterwithmodelnumber:330.Eighthospitalsx-rayunitsandfourradiologycentreswerestudiedandthetestforkVpaccuracy,kVpconsistencyandkVpreproducibilitywereconductedonthex-raymachinesatvariedkVandmAssetonthecontrolpanelatafocustofilmdistanceof10m.Fromtheresultsobtained,sevenx-rayunits(58%)hadvaluesrangingfrom(1.78to4.26)withinthetolerancelimitof±5%inkVpaccuracywhilefivex-rayunits(42%)wereabovethetolerancelimit.InkVpreproducibilityeightx-rayunitshadvaluesrangingfrom(1.52to9.78)withintherecommendedtolerancelimitof±10%,whilefourx-rayunitswereabovetherecommendedtolerancelimitwithvaluesbetween(-13.30%to15.86%)andinkVpconsistencywiththerecommendedtolerancelimit±5%,67%ofthex-rayunitswereallwithinthetolerancelimitwithvaluesrangingfrom(-0.8to-5.0)but33%hadvalues(5.3to18.1)ofhighdeviationsoutsidethetolerancelimit.ThisshowthatthesetvalueofexposurefactorkVfromthecontrolconsolegivesvalueswithinthetolerancelimitforabout67%ofthestudiedx-raymachine,meaningthereisagoodqualityassuranceprogrammeinplacemostofthediagnosticx-rayunitsstudied. FullText: PDF Copyright(c)2017EdupediaPublicationsPvtLtd ThisworkislicensedunderaCreativeCommonsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike4.0InternationalLicense. AllpublishedArticlesareOpenAccessat https://journals.pen2print.org/index.php/ijr/ Papersubmission:[email protected]
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