Mobius AIRO Mobile CT System - Quality Check Reporting; Examining Image Quality Report

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QUALITY TESTING: Quality Check Reporting
8.4 Quality Check Reporting
8.4.1 Examining Image Quality Report
AIRO QC Test and
Image Quality
Reports Overview
QC tests are based on American College of Radiology (ACR) Quality Control Testing and generate
AIRO Image Quality Reports (QC Reports). Two test/report cycles exist. Daily QC tests and daily
QC Reports evaluate system imaging for daily procedures. Full QC tests are performed on
installation and then should be repeated every six months thereafter. Full QC Reports show whether
the system meets ACR requirements. On both cycles, the combined QC tests and QC Reports are
intended as system self-checks to help ensure the system is operating correctly before exposure of
patients to X-ray radiation. QC Reports are therefore not intended for local regulatory submission
related to ISO 61223-2-6 or to other regional variations of this or other standards.
Recommendations • Perform daily QC tests and view daily QC Repor
ts on the required daily cycle to ensure system
imaging for daily procedures.
• Perform full QC tests and view full QC Reports on the six-month schedule.
• While the full QC Report may be used to support ACR Quality Control Testing, the ACR
standard may be different from other local or regional standards.
• Do not use the full QC Report for local regulatory submissions. It is not intended for regulatory
submissions related to ISO 61223-2-6 or any regional variations based on this standard.
• The ISO 61223-2-6 standard requires establishing a performance baseline at installation or
after significant service repairs, and then measuring full QC metrics relative to that baseline.
This differs from the full QC Report, which contains results of full QC tests designed to measure
metrics relative to ACR’s absolute performance standard. As a result, the ACR standard and
QC test results in the report may be different from the ISO 61223-2-6 requirements.
• Always consult a medical physicist to perform the quality checks and submit quality test results
required by local regulations.
• Individual test results from the full QC Report may be used for local regulatory submissions.
However, medical physicists must determine if the QC tests based on ACR standards satisfy
the requirements of local regulations before using the results.
How to View and
Export the
Daily
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