Patient Care

• Image quality evaluation,
• Entrance-skin-exposure measurements and calculations for comparisons to national trends and for regulatory compliance,
• Mean glandular dose determination for mammography,
• Phantom image evaluation,
• Patient Dosimetry
• Individual patient dosimetry (in vivo dosimetry) for CT and fluoroscopically guided interventional studies. See Links for the website containing in vivo patient dosimetry details.
• Fetal dose calculations from diagnostic unit radiation exposure,
• Organ and fetal dose calculations from radioactive materials,
• Customized technique chart development using measured entrance-skin exposure data acquired during on-site equipment evaluations,
• Assistance with reducing repeat procedures.

Diagnostic Radiology & Imaging

Required equipment performance evaluations (state regulations and JACHO) for the following equipment:

• Radiography,
• Fluoroscopy,
• Computed Tomography (CT),
• Computed Radiography (CR),
• Mammography (screen-film and digital systems),
• Lithotripsy,
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
• Dental Radiography,
• Laser camera evaluation,
• Reliable documentation,
• Annual program audits.

Nuclear Medicine

• License applications,
• Annual review of Radiation Protection Programs,
• Annual department audits,
• Development of Policies and Procedures,
• PET applications.

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

• Continuing assistance for MQSA/ACR mammography programs,
• Assist with setting up and monitoring diagnostic quality assurance programs,
• Assistance with setting up and monitoring processor quality assurance,
• Assist with JCAHO QC program requirements.

ACR Accreditation

• Stereotactic Breast,
• Computed Tomography,
• Fluoroscopy,
• MRI,
• Ultrasound,
• Nuclear Medicine,
• Radiation Oncology.

Equipment Selection

• Equipment purchase specifications,
• Acceptance testing,
• Room specifications and design.

Radiation Safety

• Setting up and evaluating ALARA programs,
• Departmental radiation safety surveys,
• Long term area monitoring (environmental surveys) including final analysis and reporting,
• Room radiation shielding and facility design consultations,
• Radiation Safety Committee participation,
• Personnel Dosimetry
• Personnel monitoring recommendations and data analysis,
• Fetal monitoring for declared pregnant workers.
• Audits for regulatory compliance,
• Radiation protection surveys.

Education and Training

• AART Accredited Training Courses for Radiation Safety to fulfill state licensing requirements for technologists,
• Assistance with establishing departmental Operating and Safety Procedures,
• Assist with establishing and reviewing Radiation Protection Programs,
• Assist with establishing and reviewing Policies and Procedures,
• Assistance with MQSA audits,
• Assistance with JCAHO audits,
• Assistance with state regulatory inspections.

Radiation Therapy

Radiological Physics, Inc. currently has an exclusive contract with US Oncology for radiation therapy physics services in El Paso and Dona Ana counties.

• Therapy shielding design,
• Linac acceptance testing and commissioning,
• Linac calibration using the latest protocols,
• Treatment planning,
• Establishing and monitoring quality assurance programs,
• Brachytherapy physics,
• Medical physics consultations.

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