Measurements and performance characteristics of diagnostic x-ray tubes and generators /

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Institute of Physics (Great Britain), - Personal Name; Shaw, Daniel - Personal Name; Fazakerley, Jason, - Personal Name; Honey, Ian, - Personal Name; Saunders, Debbie - Personal Name;

"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface to the first edition (1980) -- Preface to second edition (1995) -- Preface to the third edition (2022) -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Scope -- 1.2. Evidence based QA paper discussion -- 1.3. Framework for testing2. X-ray tubes and generators -- 2.1. Generator -- 2.2. X-ray tubes3. Requirements for measuring equipment -- 3.1. Requirements -- 3.2. Summary4. Equipment inventory and service records -- 5. Safety features -- 5.1. Electrical and mechanical safety -- 5.2. Marking of controls -- 5.3. Prevention against unauthorised/accidental use -- 5.4. Emergency controls -- 5.5. Exposure control -- 5.6. Warning indicators -- 5.7. Indicators and spacers -- 5.8. Interlocks -- 5.9. Observation arrangements -- 5.10. Summary6. Collimation alignment and scales -- 6.1. Light beam diaphragm -- 6.2. X-ray beam centering -- 6.3. X-ray tube-to-detector alignment -- 6.4. Distance and scales -- 6.5. Collimator attenuation -- 6.6. Summary7. Tube output and consistency -- 7.1. Repeatability and reproducibility with exposure time and tube (filament) current -- 7.2. Inspection -- 7.3. Summary8. Exposure time -- 8.1. Inspection -- 8.2. Summary9. Beam quality -- 9.1. Peak photon energy -- 9.2. Inspection -- 9.3. Summary -- 9.4. Half value layer and filtration -- 9.5. Inspection -- 9.6. Summary10. Focal spot -- 10.1. Inspection11. Dose area product assessment -- 11.1. Inspection -- 11.2. Summary12. Focal plane tomography -- 12.1. Inspection -- 12.2. Summary13. Anti-scatter grids -- 13.1. Inspection.This book describes the theoretical principals including potential modes of failures and equipment performance limitations and provides practical advice for making quality assurance (QA) measurements for clinical X-ray tubes and generators.Physicists and technologists.Also available in print.Mode of access: World Wide Web.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.Daniel Shaw (Chair) has over 18 years' experience working in medical physics departments around the UK and is an experienced radiation protection advisor and medical physics expert for diagnostic and interventional radiology physics.Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 9, 2023).

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Collation: 1 online resource (various pagings) :illustrations (some color).
Language: English
ISBN/ISSN: 9780750332194
Classification: 616.07/570289
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Edition: Third edition.
Subject(s): Radiography.
Medical physics.
Radiography
Radiography, Medical
X-rays
X-ray tubes
Equipment Safety.
X-Rays.
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Statement of Responsibility: edited by Daniel Shaw ; with contributions from Jason Fazakerley, Ian Honey, Debbie Saunders.

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