Ch. 13 PACS Test Flashcards
Involves maintenance of equipment, image acquisition, and processing standards.
total quality management
The _____ requires compliance with standards of practice to ensure quality in any imaging system.
ACR
_____ is defined as a comprehensive set of activities designed to monitor and maintain a system or piece of equipment.
QC
T/F - Daily QC is a technologist’s responsibility.
true
T/F - Weekly QC is not a technologist’s responsibility.
false
T/F - Cleaning air intakes is a daily QC duty.
false
T/F - Inspecting and cleaning cassettes is a daily QC duty.
true
Reject analysis is a __ QC step.
monthly
Erasing imaging plates is a __ QC step.
daily
Network queue checks to PACS are __ QC step.
daily
T/F - CR imaging plates should only be erased once a day, no matter what.
false
T/F - It is okay to throw an old imaging plate away as general trash when they need to be replaced.
false
Formal preventative maintenance is performed by ____.
service engineers
Formal preventative maintenance is typically performed ____.
semi-annually
Which of the following should not be used to clean the PSP imaging plates?
corrosive solutions
T/F - When imaging ribs, you should position the patient so that the site of their pain is furthest from the IR.
false
T/F - When imaging the foot, the oblique view is typically an external rotation oblique.
false
T/F - Air-contrast is a positive contrast.
false
T/F - Barium contrast is a positive contrast.
true
T/F - When the patient is laying in an RPO position, the splenic flexure is more visible than the hepatic.
true
T/F - When the patient is laying in an RPO position, the hepatic flexure is more visible than the splenic.
false
T/F - Amorphous selenium is used in direct DR applications as the photoconductor.
true
T/F - Amorphous silicon is used in indirect DR as a photoconductor.
true
T/F - Cesium iodide is used as a scintillator in direct DR.
false
T/F - Cesium iodide is used as a scintillator in indirect DR.
true
