Mobile X-ray equipment
2. Quality control
The quality control tests that a mobile x-ray unit should be submitted do not differ from those that currently performed in a routine setting. At acceptance and as routine the main quality control tests are (7):
- tube and generator performance;
- radiation output;
- half value layer;
- beam alignment;
- focal spot size;
- dose area product (DAP) metre accuracy;
- mechanical safety;
- equipment condition.
The electrical safety and tube leakage radiation are additional testes that must be performed at acceptance only (7)