MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE QUALITY PACKAGES
RIQC offers the following packages designed to meet MQSA Standards:

PACKAGE 1

On-site

PACKAGE 3
PRE - MQSA and/or STATE OF CALIFORNIA INSPECTION

Review, evaluations and recommendations of existing mammography QC/QA program prior to MQSA and/or State of California inspection:

  1. Review and evaluation of QC charts for proper operating levels of:
    • Daily Processor QC test
    • Weekly QC tests
    • Monthly QC tests
    • Quarterly QC tests
    • Semi-Annual QC tests
  2. Review and evaluation of phantom images
  3. Review mammography unit's specifications (physicist’s report)
  4. Review and recommendations of mammography QC policies and procedures manuals
  5. Review operating levels for daily processor sensitometry
  6. Review proper operating levels for phantom images
  7. Review, evaluation and recommendation of mammography images for ACR positioning and image quality

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PACKAGE 4
PRE MQSA IMAGE REVIEW

On-site review, critique and recommendation of mammography images for MQSA image review.

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PACKAGE 5
MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE QUALITY TROUBLESHOOTING

Evaluate poor image quality by troubleshooting:

  1. Processor related issues:
    • Loss of image detail
    • Abnormal change in speed index
    • Abnormal change in contrast index
    • Increase film fog
    • Artifacts due to processing
  2. Mammography unit:
    • Decrease in image detail
    • Decrease in contrast
    • Decrease in density
    • Inconsistent radiographic techniques
    • Artifacts

PACKAGE 1
ON-SITE TRAINING

      1. Mammography QC Training
        --- How to perform and chart the 11 required tests
        • Darkroom cleanlines
        • Processor quality control
        • Screen cleanliness
        • Phantom images
        • Darkroom fog
        • Screen-film contact
        • Compression
        • Repeat analysis
        • Viewboxes and viewing conditions
        • Analysis fixer retention
        • Visual checklist
      2. Mammography Positioning Training
        --- How to perform ACR approved Mammography Positions for
        routine (standing patients) and alternative positioning for:
        • Sitting patients
        • Wheelchair exams
        • Stretcher exams

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      PACKAGE 2
      RESTRUCTURE OF CURRENT MAMMOGRAPHY QC PROGRAM

      1. Review and evaluation of QC charts for proper operating levels of:
        • Daily processor QC test
        • Weekly QC tests
        • Monthly QC tests
        • Quarterly QC tests
        • Semi-annual QC tests
      2. Evaluation of phantom images
      3. Evaluation of processor
      4. Review mammography unit's specifications (physicist’s report)
      5. Evaluation of film\screen combination
      6. Review, evaluation and recommendations of Mammography QC policies and procedures manuals
      7. Establish proper operating levels for daily processor sensitometry
      8. Establish proper operating levels for phantom image

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CR & DR IMAGE TROUBLESHOOTING
We get there fast and fix the problem. You get back to work.

We're the sharpest troubleshooters in town. Any town, any time. If you are experiencing degraded images — or have a time-sensitive productivity problem — we'll resolve the issue fast and get your department running at optimal image quality levels.
  • Review poor quality images with Radiology Manager and/or Radiologist
  • Evaluate the images and troubleshoot all the possible causes
  • Make necessary corrections and or recommendations
  • Consult on radiographic techniques

PERSONALIZED TRAINING
Hands-on personal training for 1 or 2 technologists.

RIQC consultants are among the best image quality trainers in the industry. Training often goes hand-in-hand with our troubleshooting services, but can also be scheduled independently. On-site training is the most effective learning experience, ideal for one or two technologists working hands-on with your imaging equipment under the supervision of our highly-skilled trainer.

RIQC's Personalized Training Program is designed to train a radiology supervisors and/or a lead technologist as CR image quality troubleshooters, and train staff technologists, on improving their images through intensive instructions in:
  • Evaluating a poor CR image and how to make corrections
  • Basic radiography physics
  • Creation of a CR image
  • Influence of radiographic technique on a CR image
  • Interpretation of sensitivity values
  • Adjusting radiographic technique in order to improve a poor image
  • Improving images by adjusting processing parameters


TRAINING WORKSHOPS
Hands-on workshops for staff technologists*.

On-site workshops offer larger groups the opportunity to more formerly explore training techniques or specific issues from within the actual working environment.

RIQC Training Workshops are designed to instruct the staff technologist on how to troubleshoot poor CR image quality and make the necessary corrections through a review of:
  • Basic radiography physics
  • How a CR image is created
  • How kV and mAs affects a CR image
  • How to adjust your favorite radiographic technique from film to CR and make it work
  • Understanding pre-processing vs. post processing


SEMINARS / LECTURES / SYMPOSIUMS
Classroom- and/or auditorium-style presentations.

RIQC can participate in your company or organization's internally-produced events. These may be job fairs, team-building programs, community events and other such educational or promotional activities. We will tailor our program to meet your needs and goals. We can also produce independent sponsored symposiums featuring a preeminent panel of medical imaging specialists.


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On-Site Consulting

At RIQC we walk the talk. Whether you are a large medical facility, a smaller healthcare center or a private practice, we come to you with a powerful assortment of on-site image quality control solutions. We offer training to meet MQSA/FDA Accreditation Standards.

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