Film Conversion References

[Chris Alston <alstonc@odrge.odr.georgetown.edu>]

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>Date:         Thu, 25 Jun 1998 08:37:36 -0500
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>From: Ray Wery <Rayw@WAUSHOSP.ORG>
>Subject:      Film Conversion References
>To: MEDPHYS@LISTS.WAYNE.EDU
>
>Friends
>Can anyone point me to a reference that describes a
>systematic way of evaluating different brands of  x-ray film
>in a Radiology Department?
>We will be looking at films that we are told are
>"equivalent" to our existing product, to be used in our
>existing screens, laser imagers and daylight film loaders.
>(We are excluding mammo film from this review due to a
>recent film screen evaluation and conversions.)
>Currently we are planning to take phantom images
>(anthropomorphic and test objects), measure light and
>radiation (step wedge) sensitomety, and evaluate mechanical
>compatibility with transport in the laser imagers and
>daylight loaders.  What other things should I be looking at?
>Does anyone who has gone through this have any comments?
>
>
>
>Ray Wery
>Medical Physicist
>Wausau Hospital
>Wausau, WI 54401
>715-847-2292
>rayw@waushosp.org
>
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