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Chapter 4
4.2 MP-Tables
MEDICAL PHYSICIST'S MAMMOGRAPHY QC TEST SUMMARY
Xpress Digital Mammography System – Konica Minolta
Table MP-S
Institution Name: Report Date:
Survey Date:
Date of Installation: Room #:
Inspector's Name: Signature:
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Konica Minolta QC manual version(s) at facility (check all that apply):
CR Reader S/N: CR Console S/N:
Printer S/N: Monitor S/N:
REQUIRED TESTS PASS/FAIL
1 Physical Inspection MP-1 All inspected items must pass
Measured average kVp within +/-5% of indicated kVp
2
Tube Voltage Measurement and
Reproducibility
MP-2
kVp coefficient of variation ≤ 2%
3 Beam Quality MP-3 0.40 > HVL > 0.30 mm Al at 28 kVp with Mo/Mo
4 Radiation Output Rate MP-4
≥ 7.0 mGy air kerma/sec(800 mR/sec) @ 45 mm above support
5 Average Glandular Dose MP-5 Average glandular dose for average breast is ≤ 3 mGy (300 mrad)
6 View Boxes and Viewing Conditions
7 Printer QC
8a
Monitor QC
(CR Console Monitor)
MP-6 5% and 95% grayscale patches should be visible.
8b
Monitor QC
(Review Workstation Monitor)
9 Dark Noise MP-7 S value = 5000
10 Ghost Image Evaluation MP-8 No Latent image is Detected
11 S value Response Indicator MP-9 S value variation +/-20%
12a
AEC Performance Checks
(Stability and Reproducibility)
MP-10 mAs coefficient of variation ≤ 5%
12b
AEC Performance Checks
(Thickness Tracking)
MP-10 CNR (2cm) > 100%, CNR (6cm) > 75% / S value variation ≤ 20%
Deviation between X-ray field and light field is ≤ 2%xSID
Deviation between X-ray field and image ≤ 2%xSID
13 Collimator Assessment MP-11
Alignment of chest wall edges of compression paddles and image
receptors ≤1%SID
Error in length within ≤ 5% of true value
14 CR Reader Scanner Performance MP-12
No Jitter was detected
15 Spatial Resolution MP-13
Acceptable limit is
≥ 7 lp/mm
16 Artifact Evaluation MP-14
17 Inter-Plate Consistency MP-15 SNR variation +/- 15% / S value variation +/- 15%
18
Phantom Image Quality Fibers;4 Specks;3 Masses;3
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Phantom image change: < 0.5
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Background density change* +/-0.20
Density difference change* +/-0.05
Thickness displayed
MP-16
mc5.0-/+
P Pass
F Fail
*** YOUR MEDICAL PHYSICIST MUST COMPLETE THIS SUMMARY FORM ***
Mammography X-ray unit S/N
: Model: