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Medical Technology Management Institute

Phone: 1-800-765-MTMI (6864)

8 Hours MPCECs
in Four 2-hour sessions

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About this webinar

The acceptance testing and QC procedures for computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) machines are significantly different from conventional film screen radiographic units. This webinar will review the technology of CR and DR units along with the critical technical factors that must be assessed in performing acceptance testing and establishing an ongoing quality assurance program. Appropriate QC tests to be performed by both the radiologic technologist and the medical physicist will be covered. Quality control tests specific to selected vendors will also be discussed. The webinar format provides a convenient live and interactive forum for presenting and discussing this material. The topic will be covered in 4-two hour webinar modules. Questions will be answered by the faculty.

A printable download will be
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the first session of the webinar.
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with the presentation and make
notes as you feel necessary.

This webinar will be presented in
four 2-hour sessions.

Educational Objectives

At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will:

Have an understanding of the various technologies used in CR and DR systems.
Have insight into the pre and post processing used to enhance CR/DR systems.
Know the universal testing strategies for evaluating digital radiographic systems.
Understand the physicist evaluation procedures for acceptance testing of CR/DR units.
Be able to set up an appropriate technologist level QC program.
Appreciate some of the vendor specific QC procedures recommended for various commercially available CR/DR systems.

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Mar 31, 2013

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Who Should Attend
This webinar series is for medical physicists wanting to learn more about the technology of computed and digital radiography and recommended procedures for acceptance testing and QC of these units. The webinar series is also appropriate for medical physics graduate students and residents, physics assistants and vendor personnel working in this field.
Faculty
	Eric Gingold, PhD Assistant Professor Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, PA A. Kyle Jones, PhD Assistant Professor UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX
Course Credit
An application to CAMPEP has been filed for approval of up to 8 hours of Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits after completion of these 4 webinar modules. Each module provides 2 hours of MPCEC�s. We recommend attendance to all 4 modules for a complete review of CR/DR acceptance testing and QC. A certificate documenting attendance will be provided to all participants. MPCEC�s are awarded by CAMPEP. This webinar series also provides a total of 8 hours (2 hours each session) of Category A continuing education credit for radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT and various licensure states. A certificate of attendance will be provided for each individual upon completion of each session of the webinar.
Acknowledgement
Appreciation is expressed to the following vendors for their support to make this webinar possible.

Session Schedule for Webinar

Session 1 Mar 31, 2013 9:00am Eastern 8:00am Central 7:00am Mountain 6:00am Pacific What's my timezone?	Overview of Computed and Digital Radiographic Imaging Scope (CR/DR acquisition and processing systems, not complete radiography systems) Rationale for acceptance testing and quality control CR technology Photostimuable phosphor physics Flying spot scanner design Line scanner design DR technology Optically - coupled systems, CCD/CMOS based Flat panel detectors, indirect/direct capture System design: cassette vs. cassetteless Image processing Pre-processing: image corrections Post-processing: image enhancement and rendering

Session 2 Mar 31, 2013 9:00am Eastern 8:00am Central 7:00am Mountain 6:00am Pacific What's my timezone?	Quality Assurance for CR and DR: Universal Principles Generic testing strategy for digital radiographic systems Neutralizing image post processing Radiation response characteristics - mAs dependence - beam quality dependence (kVp/filtration) - dynamic range (latitude) Contrast characteristics Noise characteristics Uniformity/artifacts Spatial resolution Image plate (IP) survey (CR only)

Session 3 Mar 31, 2013 9:00am Eastern 8:00am Central 7:00am Mountain 6:00am Pacific What's my timezone?	Advanced QC and Acceptance Testing for CR/DR Units Exposure indicator calibration and verification Image processing acceptance tesing and QC AEC acceptance testing and calibration (kVp calibration, dose calibrations, etc.) Grid acceptance testing Quality control,technologist-level Exposure index Reject/repeat analysis

Session 4 Mar 31, 2013 9:00am Eastern 8:00am Central 7:00am Mountain 6:00am Pacific What's my timezone?	Vendor - Specific QC Procedures Specific QC testing procedures for various CR/DR vendors Examples of systems to be covered include: Agfa (CR) Fuji (CR) CareStream/Kodak (CR/DR) Konica - Minolta (CR) GE (DR) Siemens (DR) Philips (DR) Canon (DR) Detailed procedures for other vendors may be added as time permits.

Registration

All prices are in US dollars

The advanced tuition for this webinar is $99.99 (MTMI members $89.99) for the complete series when registration is received 4 or more days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
The regular tuition is $99.99 (MTMI members $89.99) for the complete series when registration is received 3 or less days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.

Advanced tuition for a single session of the webinar series is $99.99 (MTMI members $89.99) per session when registration is received 4 or more days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
Regular tuition is $99.99 (MTMI members $89.99) per session when registration is received 3 or less days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.

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