Quality Control in Ultrasound (Lesson 11a)

Question 1

What is quality control?

Answer 1

A procedure or set of procedures intended to ensure that a manufactured product or performed service adheres to a defined set of quality criteria or meets the requirement of the client or customer

Question 2

What is quality assurance?

Answer 2

Activities monitor and verify that the processes used to manage and create the deliverables have been followed and are operative - a proactive process.

Question 3

Is QA proactive or retroactive?

Answer 3

Proactive

Question 4

Quality assurance is a _____ process and is _______ in nature.

Answer 4

proactive & preventative

Question 5

What has to be completed prior to Quality Control?

Answer 5

Quality assurance

Question 6

What are the 3 portions to the QA and QC lifecycle?

Answer 6

1. Acceptance testing “yeah it works”
2. Quality assurance program “are we monitoring things?”
3. Daily and annual quality control “thing done to meet the QA program, physically inspect or repair”

Question 7

Who is involved in Acceptance Testing?

Answer 7

Biomedical engineer
Manufactor

Question 8

Who is involved in QA program?

Answer 8

Biomedical engineer
Management
Techs

Question 9

Who is involved in Daily QC?

Answer 9

Techs

Question 10

Who is involved in Annual QC?

Answer 10

Biomedical Engineers
Techs
No one sometimes lol

Question 11

What does a general purpose ultrasound phantom test for? (14)

Answer 11

Uniformity testing, depth of penetration, beam profile/focal zone/lateral response width, vertical distance measurements, horizontal distance measurements, axial and lateral resolution testing, elevational testing, contrast resolution, grayscale contrast sensitivity, elasticity contrast sensitivity, dead zone assessment