Radiology Quality Assurance

NPC provides comprehensive quality control programs for Radiology and CT to assure compliance with state and JCAHO standards. A thorough summary report outlining data derived from evaluations and recommendations for correcting any deficiencies is provided as part of our services.

Radiology Programs:

• Evaluation of diagnostic x-ray equipment performance, safety, output measurements and tube performance criteria.
• Review of radiation safety procedures for compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Fetal dose calculation.
• X-ray room shielding design and evaluation.
• Acceptance testing of radiographic and fluoroscopic units.
• Review of personnel dosimetry reports to analyze effectiveness of radiation safety practices.
• Review of radiation safety policies for compliance with JCAHO.
• Monitoring procedure doses for radiographic units.

CT Quality Assurance:

• Beam alignment, slice width and scan increment accuracy checks.
• Determination of contrast scale, degree of linearity of CT number response and system noise.
• Evaluation of high and low contrast spatial resolution and field uniformity.
• Dosimetry measurements with respect to location in phantom, kVp, mA, san time, slice thickness and scan diameter.
• Acceptance testing of CT equipment