ISRRT_COVID-19_book

INSTRUCTIONS: Quality Control Test - Group project
Explain the routine Quality Control (QC) test for diagnostic X-ray equipment to
the class by means of a demonstration-presentation. The following objectives
must be achieved:
1. Deliver a practical demonstration of the QC test.
2. Provide documentation (records of the test as example).
3. Interpret the test to detect non-compliance of the equipment.
4. Propose corrective action and effective reporting of the results.
During the COVID pandemic (2020) meet in groups of 6-8 to record the presentation
on video with mobile phones. Submit the video on the Blackboard platform instead of
the class presentation.
Group 1
Test 1:
Test 2:
Group 2
Test 3:
Group 3
Test 4:
Test 5:
Test 6:
Group 4
Test 7:
Test 8:
Group 5
Test 15:
Test 20:
Group 6
Test 18:
Test 24:
Group 7
Test 19:
Test 25:
Group 8
Test 23:
Test 27:
X-ray Tube Warm-Up Procedure
General Tests: Indicators, Mechanical and other safety checks
Gonad shields, lead rubber, aprons and gloves
Appropriate technique chart displayed at the X-Ray Unit
Grids
Alignment of centre of the x-ray field & the centre of the Bucky
X-ray Field Dimensions
Congruence between the X-ray field & the light field
X-ray light / Beam centering
Alignment and collimation to the film changer /Bucky
Condition of cassettes and screens
CR Reader: Condition of Cassettes and Image Plates
CR Reader: Detector Dose Indicator
Detector Dose Indicator Monitoring
CR Reader: Image Uniformity and Dark noise
Image Uniformity
AEC Device (CR) – Sensitivity
AEC Device (DR) – Sensitivity
Figure 1: Group project instruction
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