ACR–AAPM TECHNICAL STANDARD FOR DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL PHYSICS PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF STEREOTACTIC/TOMOSYNTHESIS-GUIDED BREAST BIOPSY SYSTEMS

PREAMBLE

INTRODUCTION

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Quality Management Team

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QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Service Records

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Records of Devices and Tools

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

Policies

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

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QUALITY CONTROL

Acceptance Testing

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

Annual Equipment Performance Evaluation

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

Continuous Quality Control

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QUALITY CONTROL

Written Survey Reports and Follow-Up Procedures

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

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RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VII.

QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INEFCTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing Committee – members represent their societies in the initial and final revision of this practice parameter

ACR
Carver, Diana E PhD, Co-Chair
Rubinstein, Ashley PhD, Co-Chair
Appleton, Catherine M MD
Berns, Eric A PhD
Einstein, Samuel A PhD
Keenan, Mary Ann DMP
Thompson, Emily A PhD
Williams, Carly D MS

AAPM
Geiser, William R MS
Goodsitt, Mitchell M PhD
Hulme, Katie MS
Nelson, Jeffrey MHP
Reiser, Ingrid S PhD
Yang, Kai PhD

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards – Medical Physics

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Keenan, Mary Ann DMP, Chair	Berns, Eric A PhD	Bevins, Nicholas PhD	Buckey, Courtney R PhD
Carver, Diana E PhD	Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS	Grice, Jared V DMP	Gros, Sebastien PhD
Mawlawi, Osama PhD	Pacella, Matthew A MS	Rubinstein, Ashley E PhD	Schofield, Deborah L PhD
Tarver, Russell B MS

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Caplin, Drew M MD, Chair

Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD, Chair, Commission on Medical Physics

Larson, David B MBA, MD, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Edmonson, Heidi A PhD - CSC, Chair	Elahi, Fatima DO, MHA - CSC, Co-Chair	Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD	Appleton, Catherine M MD
Berns, Eric A PhD	Caplin, Drew M MD	Carver, Diana E PhD	Crummy, Timothy MD, MHA - CSC
Einstein, Samuel A PhD	Geiser, William R MS	Goodsitt, Mitchell M PhD	Hulme, Katie MS
Keenan, Mary Ann DMP	Larson, David B MBA, MD	Nelson, Jeffrey MHP	Pacella, Matthew A MS
Reiser, Ingrid S PhD	Rubinstein, Ashley PhD	Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC	Thompson, Emily A PhD
Williams, Carly D MS	Yang, Kai PhD

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