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4.4 Reproducibility of Exposure, Exposure Linearity and Beam ... examination, and an improperly calibrated kVp indicator can yield inadequate diagnostic. skiptomaincontent OSTI.GOV TechnicalReport:Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment Title:Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment FullRecord OtherRelatedResearch Abstract ProductionofradiologicimagesofacceptablediagnosticqualityobtainedwithminimumradiationexposuretopatientsisabasicgoaloftheBureauofRadiologicalHealth(BRH).Thismanualdescribesindetailtheestablishmentandoperationofspecificelementsofaqualityassuranceprogram.ItpresentsprovenQAtechniquesthatcanbeadaptedbyindividualradiologyfacilitiesaccordingtotheirneedsandresourcesaspartoftheBRHQualityAssurancePublicationsseriesprovidingQAinformationformanyusesofmedicalradiationincludingultrasound,nuclearmedicineandradiationtherapyaswellasdiagnosticradiology. Authors: Hendee,W.R.; Rossi,R.P. PublicationDate: WedAug0100:00:00EDT1979 ResearchOrg.: BureauofRadiologicalHealth,Rockville,MD(USA);ColoradoUniv.,Denver(USA).MedicalCenter OSTIIdentifier: 5545617 ReportNumber(s): FDA-79-8094TRN:80-003489 ResourceType: TechnicalReport CountryofPublication: UnitedStates Language: English Subject: 62RADIOLOGYANDNUCLEARMEDICINE;99GENERALANDMISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS,COMPUTING,ANDINFORMATIONSCIENCE;NUCLEARMEDICINE;MANUALS;BIOMEDICALRADIOGRAPHY;IONIZINGRADIATIONS;QUALITYASSURANCE;DIAGNOSTICTECHNIQUES;DOCUMENTTYPES;MEDICINE;RADIATIONS;RADIOLOGY;550601*-Medicine-UnsealedRadionuclidesinDiagnostics;570000-Health&Safety CitationFormats MLA APA Chicago BibTeX Hendee,W.R.,andRossi,R.P..Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment.UnitedStates:N.p.,1979. Web.doi:10.2172/5545617. Copytoclipboard Hendee,W.R.,&Rossi,R.P..Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment.UnitedStates.https://doi.org/10.2172/5545617 Copytoclipboard Hendee,W.R.,andRossi,R.P..1979. "Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment".UnitedStates.https://doi.org/10.2172/5545617.https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5545617. Copytoclipboard @article{osti_5545617, title={Qualityassuranceforradiographicx-rayunitsandassociatedequipment}, author={Hendee,W.R.andRossi,R.P.}, abstractNote={ProductionofradiologicimagesofacceptablediagnosticqualityobtainedwithminimumradiationexposuretopatientsisabasicgoaloftheBureauofRadiologicalHealth(BRH).Thismanualdescribesindetailtheestablishmentandoperationofspecificelementsofaqualityassuranceprogram.ItpresentsprovenQAtechniquesthatcanbeadaptedbyindividualradiologyfacilitiesaccordingtotheirneedsandresourcesaspartoftheBRHQualityAssurancePublicationsseriesprovidingQAinformationformanyusesofmedicalradiationincludingultrasound,nuclearmedicineandradiationtherapyaswellasdiagnosticradiology.}, doi={10.2172/5545617}, url={https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5545617}, journal={},number=, volume=, place={UnitedStates}, year={WedAug0100:00:00EDT1979}, month={WedAug0100:00:00EDT1979} } Copytoclipboard ViewTechnicalReport (6.79MB) https://doi.org/10.2172/5545617 ExportMetadata Endnote RIS CSV/Excel XML JSON SavetoMyLibrary YoumustSignInorCreateanAccountinordertosavedocumentstoyourlibrary. 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