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MO‐B‐I‐609‐01: Ultrasound Probe Testing in Clinical Ultrasound QA Programs
Author(s) -
Boote E,
Moore W
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.1999674
Subject(s) - medical physics , quality assurance , ultrasound , computer science , acceptance testing , image quality , medical physicist , quality (philosophy) , diagnostic ultrasound , transducer , biomedical engineering , medicine , radiology , acoustics , artificial intelligence , external quality assessment , software engineering , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , image (mathematics)
Purpose: Tissue mimicking phantoms have been the primary tools employed by physicists for Ultrasound equipment acceptance and quality control programs. Recently, a new device has become commercially available that allows physicists, clinical engineers and service personnel the ability to ascertain the level of performance for ultrasound probes, based upon interrogation of individual elements. This provides an additional tool for the physicist to use in evaluating the performance of ultrasound equipment. Course Description: The first part of this course will discuss probe testing. Why probe testing is important and the ways in which defects in probes may affect ultrasound image quality. The device and how the results of the test can be interpreted will be presented. The second part of the course will present the use of this device as part of a clinical quality control program. This will include the use of phantoms and the device in an integrated fashion to provide valid acceptance testing and ongoing verification of system performance. Educational Objectives: 1. The impact of transducer probe defects on image quality and Doppler ultrasound 2. How testing of individual probes elements can be performed 3. Interpretation of test results for probes 4. How to set up a program of Ultrasound QA/QC using phantoms and probe testing devices Conflict of Interest: Wayne Moore is employed by Sonora Medical.