Journal of Pure and Applied Ultrasonics

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The Importance of Quality Control in Diagnostic Ultrasound:A Preliminary Study


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1 Medical Physics Unit, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
2 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
 

The benefit of ultrasonography (US) is multifold and exceptional since it uses non-ionizing radiation and therefore even unborn fetus may be exposed to it repeatedly. However, this unbridled use of US places greater responsibility on the proper functions of all its parameters. To break this notion and establish a viable quality assurance program in ultrasound imaging the authors carried out quality assurance tests on two US machines. This paper sums up the preliminary experience of these Quality Assurance tests.
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Gurpreet Singh
Medical Physics Unit, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
Pratik Kumar
Medical Physics Unit, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India
Sanjay Thulkar
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr BRA Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India

Abstract


The benefit of ultrasonography (US) is multifold and exceptional since it uses non-ionizing radiation and therefore even unborn fetus may be exposed to it repeatedly. However, this unbridled use of US places greater responsibility on the proper functions of all its parameters. To break this notion and establish a viable quality assurance program in ultrasound imaging the authors carried out quality assurance tests on two US machines. This paper sums up the preliminary experience of these Quality Assurance tests.