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Miscellaneous
MAMMOMAT Novation
SPB7-250.831.01.02.02
Siemens AG
08.04
CS SD 24
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Medical Solutions
6.3 Quality
Proceed with the test according to the Quality Control Manual.
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Monitor check and viewing conditions
•
Perform the check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter "Monitor check and
viewing conditions", to assess the quality of the acquisition workstation monitor.
Q
Printer check
•
Perform this check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter "Printer check", to
assess the quality of the printer.
QIQ
Phantom image quality check
•
Perform the image quality check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter
"Phantom image quality".
X
QIQ
Detector uniformity
•
Perform the image quality check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter "De-
tector uniformity", to ensure that the pixel values of the detector do not deviate more
than 5% from each other.
X
QIQ
Beam quality (HVL)
•
Perform the image quality check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter
"Beam quality", to optimize the dose calculation
X
QIQ
AEC image stability, repro and signal-to-noise (SNR)
•
Perform the check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter "AEC image stabili-
ty, repro and signal-to-noise (SNR)", to assure, that the coefficient of variation for the
entrance dose and mAs is less than 0.05 and the SNR does not vary more than
±
15%
from the mean value.
X
QIQ
Ghost image evaluation
•
Perform the check according to the Quality Control Manual, chapter "Ghost image eval-
uation", to ensure that the ghosting is within an acceptable level.
X