New England Medical Physics Consultants
A Medical Physics Consulting Company
Serving hospitals and clinics in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont
QC Status
All MQSA required physics tests will be performed on mammography systems. The tests will include:
• Mechanical condition • Collimation assessment • Evaluation of focal spot performance • Evaluation of automatic exposure control system performance • Uniformity of screen speed • Artifact evaluation • Phantom image quality evaluation • kVp Accuracy and reproducibility • Half-value-Layer measurements • Breast Entrance Exposure, Average Galndular Dose and Radiation Output • Viewbox Luminance and Room Illuminance • CNR and SNR evaluation-digital system • Review workstation evaluation-digital system • Hardcopy display evaluation-digital system