Quality Systems for Medical Imaging

This is a practical guide to the principles and procedures of quality control in medical imaging. Noting that all medical imaging services use expensive and complex equipment, the manual explains how implementation of a quality system can ensure that only the correct imaging procedures are chosen and performed by appropriately trained staff, and that equipment is well maintained, calibrated and regularly serviced. The book also responds to the serious harm to both equipment operators and patients that can occur when equipment, techniques and facilities are poorly controlled. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the overriding goal of obtaining the maximum diagnostic benefit for patients with the minimum radiation dose.