AERB Recommended Test

• Correspondence between x-ray field and image reception area
• Central beam alignment
• Effective focal spot size measurement
• Accuracy of x-ray tube voltage (kVp)
• Accuracy of x-ray tube current (mA)
• Accuracy of irradiation time
• Accuracy of current time product (mAs)
• Radiation quality for Air Kerma measurement
• Reproducibility, linearity and constancy of Radiation Output
• Air kerma rate at table top
• Low and High Contrast Resolution of the imaging system
• Radiation leakage levels from X-Ray tube housing & collimator at 1m from the focus
• Radiation protection survey