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ACR–AAPM TECHNICAL STANDARD FOR MEDICAL PHYSICS PERFORMANCE MONITORING OF SPECT/CT EQUIPMENT

PREAMBLE

I.

INTRODUCTION

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

A.

Quality Management Team

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

B.

Service Records

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

C.

Records of Devices and Tools

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

D.

Policies

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

E.

Reporting structure for issues

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

A.

Periodic Review of Settings/Protocols/Clinical Outputs

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE

B.

Calibration of Measurement Devices/Tools

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

A.

Acceptance Testing

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Equipment Performance Evaluation

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Equipment Performance Evaluation

1.

SPECT

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Equipment Performance Evaluation

2.

CT

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Equipment Performance Evaluation

3.

SPECT/CT in Combination

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Equipment Performance Evaluation

4.

Radiation Output or Dosimetry

IV.

QUALITY CONTROL

C.

Continuous Quality Control

V.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

VI.

RADIATION SAFETY IN IMAGING

VII.

RADIATION SHIELDING CONSIDERATIONS

VIII.

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

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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

ACR
Grice, Jared V DMP, Chair
Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD
Bevins, Nicholas PhD
Mawlawi, Osama PhD
Nye, Jonathon A PhD
Shuman, Jillian DMP
Thompson, Emily A PhD

AAPM
Graves, Stephen A PhD
Kasraie, Nima PhD
Nelson, Jeffrey MHP

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	Weissman, Ian DO - CSC, Co-Chair	Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD	Bevins, Nicholas PhD
Caplin, Drew M MD	Crummy, Timothy MD, MHA - CSC	Graves, Stephen A PhD	Grice, Jared V DMP
Kasraie, Nima PhD	Keenan, Mary Ann DMP	Larson, David B MBA, MD	Mawlawi, Osama PhD
Nelson, Jeffrey MHP	Nye, Jonathon A PhD	Pacella, Matthew A MS	Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC
Shuman, Jillian DMP	Thompson, Emily A PhD

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