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L A G Magalhaes1, G G Drexler, C E deAlmeida
1Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Laboratório de Ciências Radiológicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. luisalexandregm@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The PTW REX phantom was used to study the radiographic image quality parameters in X-ray devices in the X-ray Diagnostics Department, as well as the system of film processing at the University Hospital of Rio de Janeiro State. X-ray devices were evaluated by performing tests on 11 screen-film combinations from X-ray devices in 3 rooms. The results showed that six film-screen combinations exhibited poor performances. For determination of air kerma output in the X-ray field, two devices presented significant variation >2 %. The grid attenuation factor in three devices had been approved, while two films were within the limits of sensitometric specifications. The modulation transfer function, which evaluates the level of image degradation, revealed that five film-screen combinations exhibited bad performance. The tests with the REX phantom revealed that the X-ray equipment and the system of processing at the University Hospital presented discrepancies in relation to the expected values, contributing to loss of quality of the radiographs.
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