Quality Management in the Imaging Sciences

The New 2nd Edition of this user-friendly resource offers students and practitioners the most up-to-date quality management information available. It stands out as the only book available to incorporate both quality management (QM) and quality control information for all of the imaging sciences. The text begins with a basic description of quality management and its importance to imaging technology, while subsequent chapters address specific quality control measures associated with mammography, CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. A new chapter on tools and procedures focuses on practical applications of concepts. In addition, how-to procedures with full-size evaluation forms clarify all the necessary steps in proper evaluation and documentation. Information throughout this comprehensive book is easy to read and understand with useful features such as learning objectives, key terms, case studies, and review questions.

Learning objectives, chapter outline, key terms, case studies, student experiments, and review questions at the end of each chapter aid in reader comprehension.

Coverage of both quality management and quality control information makes this text a uniquely comprehensive, practical resource.

Reflects changes in technology and federal regulations to provide the most accurate and current information available.

The chapter on mammography has been rewritten to conform to the new standards of the Mammography Quality Standard Act.

A new chapter on Tools and Procedures provides new information on quality management related to use of equipment and protocols in imaging technology.

Step-by-step QM procedures with new full-sized sample evaluation forms offer detailed instructions on how to evaluate equipment and document results using new CT, MRI, ultrasound, and nuclear medicine forms.

Jeffrey Papp, PhD, RT(R)(QM), Professor of Physics and Radiologic Sciences, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL