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What is the purpose of the 10 point checklist?
Image quality check
Ensures consistency between practitioners
What are the ten points of the checklist?
Patient identification
Anatomical markers
Area of interest
Collimation
Contrast and density
Definition
Artefacts
Pathology
Repeats
What is the area of interest?
Specified imaging request
Answer clinical question
What are the correct standard projections?
Two images taken at right angles to each other
What is contrast?
Variety in grayscale
What is density?
Extent of darkness
What is the exposure index?
Target measurement of x-ray photons that should reach detector
What is the deviation index?
Measures the difference between how many photons should reach the image region
What are the four types of unsharpness?
Geometric unsharpness
Image receptor unsharpness
Movement unsharpness
Edge unsharpness
What are artefacts?
Anything distracting from the image
When are repeats needed?
If clinical question can’t be answered
If it doesn’t meet ten point checklist