Determination and Analysis of Radiology Film Images

Abstract

The study was conducted at a two Hospitals and two Centers in a radiology department and used five X-ray machines. Data were collected by standardized checklist as recommended by the Conference of Radiation Control Programme Directors (CRCPD) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The main objective of this study to determine and analysis of films (images) reject. The results of this study showed that the causes of reject film were anatomical cut-off(22.9%), over exposure and under exposure, patient motion, bad position of patients, improper collimator, artifact and finally others causes like patients cloth, no exposure, double exposures , incorrect patient ID all with (35.5%). The total reject rate for all hospitals and centers was (14.6%), which is not complies with the international standard as IAEA and CRCPD (5-10%). The study recommended that: staff continuously attend refresher training courses to be aware about the common faults which lead rejects of film, continues of making rejection analysis that is the important evidence of image quality, necessity to a medical physicist to stay on the hospitals and centers to make periodic maintenance to machines andfinally we need to make periodic quality control to machines.