Thread by @DavidJHur1

#SCCT2021 "Chance Favors the Prepared: Exam Prep & Safety" #YesCCT All in due process by Dr. Quynh Truong @cardioQT @WeillCornell
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#SCCT2021 #YesCCT
1) QA/QI is a team effort: rads, cards, physicist, technologist
- quality control of equipment
- image acquisition: radiation ALARA, "right protocol, right dose - right patient"
- image interpretation: inter-reader agreement, correlation to cor angio/surg/path

#SCCT2021 #YesCCT
2) QC of🍩scanner:
model specs, test reports, maintenance logs, radiation exposure

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3) procedures and responsibilities of physicians⚕️:
- double reading of same study
- random selection of studies to be reviewed regularly
- representative of actual clinical practice
- assessment of original interpretation agreement with subsequent review