RIO® Grande Physics Goal:
Is to assist our clients in establishing performance standards consistent with the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Association of Physicist in Medicine (AAPM) for Nuclear Medicine (NM) equipment to ensure high-quality diagnostic images are obtained and are consistent with the clinical use of the NM Cameras.
Encourage our clients to achieve ACR accreditation for this unique and important imaging modality.Annual medical physics evaluations performed on each Nuclear Medicine Camera includes, but not limited to, the following tests:
- Planar image quality
- System uniformity and intrinsic uniformity, if possible
- Spatial resolution (intrinsic or system)
- Spatial linearity
- Energy resolution
- Sensitivity
- Multiple window spatial registration
- Count rate capability
- Dead time determination
- Collimator integrity
- Tomographic image quality
- Uniformity and noise
- Spatial resolution
- Contrast
- Center of Rotation
- Safety features and interlocks
Establishment of a daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly Quality Control Program (QCP) for each NM Camera. The frequency and performance of QCP testing based on the ACR and AAPM recommendations.
