Open AccessQuality Control Implementation on Digital Radiography Equipment at Fundación Valle Del Lili
Author(s) -
Emerenciana Duran,
L. F. Salas,
S. O. Benavides,
Giovanna Maritza Cortés Bolaños
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1247/1/012007
Subject(s) - quality assurance , accreditation , digital radiography , quality (philosophy) , control (management) , computed radiography , image quality , medical physics , process (computing) , radiography , digital image , nuclear medicine , computer science , medicine , operations management , computer vision , artificial intelligence , engineering , image processing , radiology , image (mathematics) , physics , medical education , external quality assessment , quantum mechanics , operating system
Either national regulatory process or international accreditation process obligates the healthcare institutions to implement a quality control programs to the digital radiography equipment. These are made in order to assurance the high quality image and to reduce the unnecessary exposure doses on people. In radiology, a good diagnostic is related with the high quality of the image. In this research it is showed the results of 90 quality control tests performed on three different equipment located at Fundación Valle del Lili (FVL). These tests were particularly: physical location inspection, geometrical features, quality of the beam, automatic exposure control (AEC), quality image in digital systems, dose measurement systems, etc. Outcomes were compared with manufacturer’s reference values. A percentage of 92.23 % were found out in optimal conditions, this means 83 checks. The Dose Area Product (DAP) tests’ results are in a range between 5.57 to 2574.70 μGy*m 2 , which are reported in the literature. Those tests that not belong in the reference values, were subject to corrective actions and it is generated a feedback about the possible failures.