Quality Control Program in Medical Ultrasound at Hamad Medical Corporation: Current Status

The main purpose of QC program in diagnostic imaging modalities such as medical ultrasound equipment is to evaluate and define the performance safety equipment. Ultrasound systems contain many sensitive transducers soft parts which may be destroyed due poor handling or use. Over time, any machines, regardless their quality usage, depreciates incurs damage ways. results from Quality Control (QC) reports for B-mode machines Clinical Imaging Department Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) has been reviewed. average annual failures during 4-year period includes 2.7% involved 51.3% mechanical integrity while rate were measured 12.8% 0.7%, respectively. failure could some artifacts bad connection individual elements groups elements. Evaluation maximum depth penetration showed that measurement distance accuracy not effective detecting [1].