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Qualification and Testing of CT Systems

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This chapter focuses on system verification and conformance to specifications. System qualification is carried out to ensure that the system and its components achieve the best performance—usually corresponding to the specifications made by the manufacturer. Acceptance and reverification testing are undertaken on the overall integrated system to check whether the system performs as specified.

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  1. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany

    Markus Bartscher, Ulrich Neuschaefer-Rube, Jens Illemann & Fabrício Borges de Oliveira

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet Building 425, 2800, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

    Alessandro Stolfi

  3. Department of Management and Engineering, University of Padova, Stradella San Nicola 3, 36100, Vicenza, Italy

    Simone Carmignato

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  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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Bartscher, M., Neuschaefer-Rube, U., Illemann, J., Borges de Oliveira, F., Stolfi, A., Carmignato, S. (2018). Qualification and Testing of CT Systems. In: Carmignato, S., Dewulf, W., Leach, R. (eds) Industrial X-Ray Computed Tomography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59573-3_6

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