This study aimed to evaluate the performance of real-time B-mode ultrasound (U/S) scanners in Khartoum and identify the major problems affecting such equipment, which constitute a valuable diagnostic tool. An evaluation of image quality was carried out for 22 U/S scanners in some government, private hospitals, and clinics in Sudan/Khartoum using 403 GS RMI U/S phantom. In addition, to obtain additional information which may support our findings, a survey was conducted in each hospital/clinic. Because there is no international standard for U/S QC tests, two references were used to assess the U/S machines, issued by the Royal College of Radiologists and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. QC tests revealed different performance levels of U/S scanners, and some of them suffer from major defects, yet they are still being used in routine patient investigations. The performed QC tests and the percentage of scanners showed the recommended performance is at a maximum penetration depth of (63%), vertical distance accuracy (91%), horizontal distance accuracy (41%), axial resolution (100%), lateral resolution (45%), image uniformity (100%), dead zone (91%), grayscale (83%), cyst imaging (100%), and image recorder (100%). The findings of this study’s QC tests may be considered a baseline for most of the tested U/S equipment. The radiologists were informed about the necessity and importance of performing quality-control tests and introduced to the QC tools.
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26 June 2023
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH & INNOVATION (ICSRI 2022)
10–11 April 2022
Cincinnati, USA
Research Article|
June 26 2023
Quality control of real-time B-mode ultrasound scanners in Sudan/Khartoum
Fathi Awad;
Fathi Awad
a)
1
Department of Allied Health Professionals, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Liwa College of Technology
, P.O. Box: 41009 Abu Dhabi, UAE United Arab Emirates
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Mamdouh Yassin
Mamdouh Yassin
b)
2
Sudanese Nuclear and Radiological Regularity Authority
, Khartoum, Sudan
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a)Corresponding author: [email protected]
AIP Conf. Proc. 2820, 020007 (2023)
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Fathi Awad, Mamdouh Yassin; Quality control of real-time B-mode ultrasound scanners in Sudan/Khartoum. AIP Conf. Proc. 26 June 2023; 2820 (1): 020007. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0150383
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