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7.1.3. Daily flat field phantom ima
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7.1.4. Visual inspection for artefa
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7.1.5. Laser printer sensitometry7.
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7.1.6. Image plate erasure (CR syst
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FIG. 19. Modified TG18-QC pattern w
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FIG. 21. Radiologist workstation wi
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7.2.1.6. Time frame for corrective
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7.2.3. Weekly quality control test
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Note: It is not necessary to view t
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TABLE 7. TOLERANCES FOR IMAGING WEE
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7.2.4.4. Interpretation of results
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7.3.1.5. Recommendations and correc
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artefacts are typically best seen w
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7.3.3.5. Recommendations and correc
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7.4.1.3. Methodology(1) Annotate th
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RECORD OF DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY REPEA
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(3) Including examinations of at le
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7.5. SEMI-ANNUAL TESTS7.5.1. Comput
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8. MEDICAL PHYSICIST’S QUALITY CO
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8.1. NOTE ON IMAGE NAMING CONVENTIO
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(16) On any randomly selected patie
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FIG. 30. Positioning of bathroom sc
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(6) The target, filter, kV, grid, d
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(2) Stack the 20 and 25 mm PMMA sla
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TABLE 13. ACCEPTABLE AND ACHIEVABLE
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8.5. DETECTOR PERFORMANCE8.5.1. Bas
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8.5.2. Detector response and noise8
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the service engineer responsible fo
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(13) Using the annotation tool on t
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Breast supportPMMA slabBreast suppo
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(10) Place the thinner test object
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8.6. EVALUATION OF SYSTEM RESOLUTIO
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TABLE 17. ACCEPTABLE FREQUENCIES AT
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8.7. X RAY EQUIPMENT CHARACTERISTIC
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8.7.2. Incident air kerma at the en
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8.8. DOSIMETRY8.8.1. Mean glandular
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TABLE 21. ACCEPTABLE AND ACHIEVABLE
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FIG. 34. Suggested layout for ruler
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8.10. IMAGE DISPLAY QUALITYThe accu
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FIG. 35. Modified TG18-QC test patt
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8.10.1.5. Interpretation of results
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8.10.2. Monitor luminance response
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TABLE 22. MONITOR PERFORMANCE TOLER
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FIG. 38. Measurement of illuminatio
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8.11. LASER PRINTER8.11.1. Laser pr
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8.11.1.5. Recommendations and corre
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8.12.1.4. Interpretation of results
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iopsies are performed, a sink is of
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Appendix IISPECIFICATIONS OF TEST E
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TABLE 24. SPECIFICATIONS OF TEST EQ
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FIG. 40. Image acquired with a unif
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FIG. 43. The left hand image is par
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FIG. 45. A TG18-QC test pattern dis
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[29] ALSAGER, A., YOUNG, K.C., ODUK
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Annex IRADIOGRAPHER DATA COLLECTION
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Chart 2 — DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY (DM
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Chart 4 LASER PRINTER SENSITOMETRY
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Chart 6 — WEEKLY DISPLAY MONITOR
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Chart 7(b) WEEKLY QC TEST OBJECT:
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Chart 9 — SAFETY AND FUNCTION CHE
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Chart 11 — LASER PRINTER ARTEFACT
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Chart 13(a) — RECORD OF DIGITAL M
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Chart 14 — CR PLATE SENSITIVITY M
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Annex IIITHE MAMMOGRAPHY EXTRACTThe
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GLOSSARYair kerma. The energy depos
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image quality. The overall merit of
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