Results of a program of quality control in radiodiagnosis

: The results of a program of quality control on about 30 tomographic and fluoroscopic radiological equipments in the Radiological Departments of Spedali Civili (Brescia, Italy), are reported; the physical performances of the beams (kVp, emission, linearity and reproducibility, HVL, focal spot size) and the geometrical conditions (alignment and beam size, thickness of cut for tomography, resolution and homogeneity) have been verified. During one month we have also verified the working conditions for two automatic film processing systems. Three commercial quality control equipments have been employed and tested. Our results recommend a periodic control of physical and geometrical performances (particularly kVp, emission and beam alignment) and a daily control of the working conditions for the film processing systems. The three quality control systems have given results each other comparable.