Source book of quality assurance resources available to support a radiological facility with the proper equipment, personnel training, and allied services. Classified under Devices and services, Training resources, and Publications. Each entry gives title, source, information source, cost, size, principle of operation, application, and photography, or, if appropriate, bibliographical information, and abstract. Indexes of devices, services, sources, publications, and authors after each section.

Catalog of quality assurance resources available for items whose primary use is in diagnostic radiology. Excludes items used in nuclear medicine, diagnostic ultrasound, and radiation therapy. Arranged under Devices and services, Training resources, and Publications. Each entry gives identification and appropriate descriptive information. Miscellaneous indexes.

"This report addresses factors that influence production of an image which contains the necessary information to enable the imaging physician to report the diagnostic findings to the referring physician. The report treats such matters as the establishment of a quality control program, procedures, objectives and policies, photographic quality control, quality control in conventional radiography, fluoroscopic and cine imaging and mobile radiographic capacitor discharge and fluoroscopic systems. Also treated are x-ray tomography, mammography, dental radiography, and radiological special procedures. Computed tomography, digital imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are also addressed. Information is provided on quality control elements of video systems and computers."--Knovel's description