Technical Quality Assurance and Safety of Diagnostic Radiology Equipment

 

Author: Dr. Tamás Porubszky

 

Table of Contents

• 1 Benefit, terms and first steps of technical quality assurance
• 2 Regulation of technical quality control of diagnostic radiology equipment
• 3 Levels and names of tests
• 4 Preliminaries in Hungary
• 5 Present status of technical quality control of diagnostic radiology equipment
• 6 Benefit and lessons of acceptance tests
• 7 Tests to be performed during acceptance and status testing
• 8 Testing instrumentation needed for acceptance and/or status testing
• 9 Problems to be solved and possibilities for steps forward
• 10 Physical foundations of non-invasive X-ray tube voltage measurement
• 11 The so-called periodic safety checks
• 12 Regulation of putting medical devices into circulation in the European Union
• 13 Rules of radiation protection registration of equipment in Hungary
• 14 Conformity (conformance) certification of medical devices, including X-ray equipment
• 15 International standards, relating to safety of diagnostic radiology equipment

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