[Intl_DxMedPhys] TJC acquisition monitor requirements

[Januseski, Daniel]

I have been performing a test for years on CT where I measure a known object across the phantom with the on device distance tool and compare it to the real size of the object.  For the ACR phantom, the included 100 mm point objects in section 3 (uniformity) seems optimum for this test.  It is testing if the device’s display measuring tool is properly calibrated (footnote:  never had a failure!).

Yes, technically this is a software feature and is not purely display-dependent so maybe this is not what they are considering.  But considering display geometric accuracy as described by Bob is as he says dependent on aspect ratio and is not a factor in modern flat panel displays (it was a concern in CRTs due to EMF interference), this is my best guess at what JC wants.


Dan Januseski, MS, DABR
Voorhees, NJ



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I’d forgotten about that. A while back I used to check it by measuring the length of some number of squares on a SMPTE pattern in both vertically and horizontally. So it was more of an aspect ratio test, but that’s the only thing I could think
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I’d forgotten about that. A while back I used to check it by measuring the length of some number of squares on a SMPTE pattern in both vertically and horizontally. So it was more of an aspect ratio test, but that’s the only thing I could think
I’d forgotten about that. A while back I used to check it by measuring the length of some number of squares on a SMPTE pattern in both vertically and horizontally. So it was more of an aspect ratio test, but that’s the only thing I could think of that could be called spatial accuracy as it relates only to the monitor.


Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
Medical Physicist
RJK Medical Physics, Inc.
440-463-7879

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Subject: [Intl_DxMedPhys] TJC acquisition monitor requirements

Good morning! I just received a document to prepare us for upcoming TJC inspections. It includes the following: My question is about the last item - spatial accuracy. I’ve never measured spatial accuracy on an acquisition display, and I don’t
Good morning!

I just received a document to prepare us for upcoming TJC inspections. It includes the following:
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My question is about the last item - spatial accuracy. I’ve never measured spatial accuracy on an acquisition display, and I don’t remember anyone ever talking about it. The only time I could imagine it being an issue at all is during MR- and CT-guided biopsies, but that is accuracy of the system calipers and not a function of the display. What are folks doing with this one?

Best regards,
Doug



Douglas Pfeiffer, MS, DABR FACR, FAAPM (he/him)
Medical Physicist, Radiation Safety Officer
Boulder Community Health
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303.415.7515

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