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QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN THE IMAGING SCIENCES
Quality Management in the Imaging Sciences
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Third Edition

By
Jeffrey Papp, PhD, RT(R) (QM), Professor of Physics and Radiologic Sciences, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL

Description
Completely updated, this text provides a basic description of quality management and explains why it is so important to imaging technology. Step-by-step procedures with full-size evaluation forms explain how to understand and implement proper evaluation and documentation of quality assurance and quality control. Useful features include appendices with a review of radiographic quality factors and a glossary with definitions of all the bold-faced terms from the text. A companion CD includes mock Registry exams, sample documentation forms, lab experiments, and critical thinking questions.

Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Quality Management
--HIPPA NEW!

Chapter 2 Quality Management Tools and Procedures
--Practical applications of QM tools and procedures NEW!

Chapter 3 Film Darkrooms
--Updated information on Darkroom Disease NEW!

Chapter 4 Film Processing

Chapter 5 Processor Quality Control --Sensitometric testing and daylight systems NEW!

Chapter 6 Silver Recovery

Chapter 7 Quality Control of Radiographic Equipment
--Updated equipment QC to reflect most current FDA, ACR, and AAPM procedure NEW!

Chapter 8 Radiographic Ancillary Equipment
--Updated equipment QC to reflect most current FDA, ACR, and AAPM procedure NEW!

Chapter 9 Quality Control of Fluoroscopic Equipment
--Updated equipment QC to reflect most current FDA, ACR, and AAPM procedure NEW!

Chapter 10 Advanced Imaging Equipment
--Computed and direct radiography, PACS, and bone densitometry NEW!

Chapter 11 Outcomes Assessment of Radiographic Images
--Digital imaging artifacts NEW!

Chapter 12 Mammographic Quality Standards

Chapter 13 Quality Control in Computed Tomography

Chapter 14 Quality Control for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Equipment

Chapter 15 Ultrasound Equipment Quality Assurance

Chapter 16 Quality Assurance in Nuclear Medicine


Appendix A Review of Radiographic Quality

Appendix B Agencies, Organizations, and Committees in Quality Assurance


Bibliography

Glossary

Answers to Review Questions

Index


CD TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Student Experiments

Documentation Forms

Practice Examination Questions

Questions for Analysis & Critical Thinking


Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 352 pages, publication date: FEB-2006
ISBN-13: 978-0-323-03567-5
ISBN-10: 0-323-03567-1
Imprint: MOSBY


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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