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Quality Control in X-Ray Fluoroscopy and Digital Tomography

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Quality control (QC) is a procedure to guarantee safe manipulation of equipment and is usually performed using phantoms designed for daily management. All medical radiological imaging have to be maintained to perform safe examinations, to provide quality radiographs, and to control radiation exposure. Daily equipment management or quality assurance (QA)/QC is promising for this purpose. Collecting and analyzing QC data over a long period should be effective in detecting and responding to early signs of problems.

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Iwase, T., Kouno, Y. (2017). Quality Control in X-Ray Fluoroscopy and Digital Tomography. In: Izumo, T., Sasada, S., Aso, T., Nasu, K., Arai, Y. (eds) Respiratory Endoscopy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-916-5_5

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