New exposure indicators for digital radiography simplified for radiologists and technologists.
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to educate radiologists and technologists about the clinically relevant portion of the new digital radiography standards. Both the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC standard 62494-1) and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM Task Group 116) have developed similar standards for monitoring exposure in digital radiography to eliminate proprietary and confusing terminology. Radiologists and technologists will need to learn three new terms--exposure index, target exposure index, and deviation index--to understand the new standards.
Medical subject headings
- Quality Assurance, Health Care
- Radiation Dosage
- Radiation Protection
- Radiographic Image Enhancement
- Radiometry