IEC 62220-1-2:2007 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of digital X-ray imaging devices - Part 1-2: Determination of the detective quantum efficiency - Detectors used in mammography
This part of IEC 62220 specifies the method for the determination of the DETECTIVE QUANTUM EFFICIENCY (DQE) Of DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES 3S a function of AIR KERMA and of SPATIAL FREQUENCY for the working conditions in the range of the medical application as specified by the MANUFACTURER. The intended users of this part of IEC 62220 are manufacturers and well equipped test laboratories.
This Part 1-2 is restricted to DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES that are used for mammographic imaging such as but not exclusively, CR systems, direct and indirect flat panel detector based systems, scanning systems (CCD based or photon-counting). This part of IEC 62220 is not applicable to
- DIGITAL X-RAY IMAGING DEVICES intended to be used in general radiography or in dental radiography;
- computed tomography;
and
- devices for dynamic imaging (where series of images are acquired, as in fluoroscopic or cardiac imaging).
NOTE The devices noted above are excluded because they contaih many parameters (for instance, beam qualities, geometry, time dependence, etc.) which differ from those important for mammography. Some of these techniques are treated in separate standards (IEC 62220-1 and IEC 62220-1-3) as has been done for other topics, for instance for speed and contrast, in IEC and ISO standards.
IEC 62220-1-2:2007 Referenced Document
IEC 60336 Corrigendum 1 - Medical electrical equipment - X-ray tube assemblies for medical diagnosis - Focal spot dimensions and related characteristics*, 2022-06-21 Update
IEC 61267:2005 Medical diagnostic X-ray equipment - Radiation conditions for use in the determination of characetristics
IEC 62220-1:2003 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of digital X-ray imaging devices - Part 1: Determination of the detective quantum efficiency
IEC TR 60788:2004 Medical electrical equipment - Glossary of defined terms
IEC 62220-1-2:2007 history
2007IEC 62220-1-2:2007 Medical electrical equipment - Characteristics of digital X-ray imaging devices - Part 1-2: Determination of the detective quantum efficiency - Detectors used in mammography