1 Scope and object
1.1 Scope
This part of IEC 61223 applies to those components of X-ray equipment which influence the image quality and patient dose of diagnostic X-ray systems using radiographic and radioscopic imaging systems.
This standard applies to the performance of X-ray equipment in the acceptance test on the following medical diagnostic X-ray equipment and associated equipment:
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— radiography equipment, for example:
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• stationary radiography equipment;
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• mobile radiography equipment;
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• skull radiography equipment;
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• lung radiography equipment;
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• tomography equipment — excluding computed tomography;
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• radiography devices (spotfilm devices) in radioscopy equipment;
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• angiography equipment (excluding DSA function);
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• cineradiography equipment;
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— radioscopy equipment, including:
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• combined radiographic and radioscopic equipment.
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This standard applies to the generation of X-radiation and accessories of digital systems. It does not apply to any digital image acquisition or image processing parts of the above mentioned diagnostic X-ray equipment.
NOTE Since the characterization of digital detectors and image processing is still under development, this will be included in a later edition of this standard.
This standard does not apply to mammographic X-ray equipment, radiotherapy simulators, nor to dental X-ray equipment.