Appendix A: Quality Control Procedures

Compliance Guide - Quality Control for Laser Imagers Used in Digital Mammography Systems

 

These Quality Control Procedures are intended to provide guidance for

 

mammography facilities and their personnel. They represent the equipment

 

manufacturer’s views on the appropriate procedures for conducting Quality

 

Control tests for digital mammography and observing the Mammography

 

Quality Standards Act (MQSA). The following procedures represent

 

acceptable ways of doing the tests, but unlike regulations, they are not

 

binding. Alternate procedures may be used if they satisfy the requirements

 

of the applicable statute, regulations or both. It is the responsibility of the

 

mammography facility to read, understand and follow the regulations.

 

Under its own authority, a state may impose requirements more stringent

 

than those imposed in the FDA Mammography Quality Standards Act. A

 

facility should check with state or local authorities regarding their

 

requirements.

Automatic Image Quality

The Kodak DryView 8900 Laser Imager has a built-in Automatic Image

Control and the QC

Quality Control (AIQC) system that automatically compensates for film lot

Process

variations, ensuring consistent print densities. The MQSA requires that the

 

mammography facility establish a quality control (QC) process that verifies

 

the effectiveness of the AIQC system. Kodak's recommendations below are

 

based on the MQSA and the QC process described in the Radiologic

 

Technologist's Section of the Mammography Quality Control Manual, 1999,

 

published by the American College of Radiology. This QC process has been

 

adapted to apply to the special features of Kodak DryView Mammography

 

Laser Imaging Film and the characteristics of the 8900 Laser Imager. The

 

procedures that follow assume that the user has been trained in operation

 

of the 8900 Laser Imager.

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DryView 8900 specifications

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