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BS IEC 62945:2018 Radiation protection instrumentation. Measuring the imaging performance of X-ray computed tomography (CT) security-screening systems, 2018
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- English [Go to Page]
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions, abbreviated terms, quantities and units [Go to Page]
- 3.1 Terms and definitions
- 3.2 Abbreviated terms
- 3.3 Quantities and units
- 4 Imaging performance evaluation procedures [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General test performance requirements
- 4.2 Description of test articles
- Figures [Go to Page]
- Figure 1 – Reference axes for testing procedures
- Figure 2 – Test article A
- Figure 3 – Test article B
- 4.3 Manually recorded data [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 Purpose
- 4.3.2 System data
- Tables [Go to Page]
- Table 1 – List of test methods and indicators measured [Go to Page]
- 4.3.3 Evaluation environment data
- 4.3.4 Comments
- 4.3.5 Deviations from specified methods
- 4.3.6 Presentation of results
- 4.4 Object length accuracy [Go to Page]
- 4.4.1 Purpose
- Figure 4 – Format example for manually recorded data [Go to Page]
- 4.4.2 Test object description
- 4.4.3 Test method
- Figure 5 – Object length test object [Go to Page]
- 4.4.4 Presentation of results
- 4.5 Path-length CT value and Zeff [Go to Page]
- 4.5.1 Purpose
- 4.5.2 Test object description
- Figure 6 – Output from object length procedure when test article is submitted within angular tolerance
- Figure 7 – Output from object length procedure when test article rotation is outside of angular tolerance [Go to Page]
- 4.5.3 Test method
- Figure 8 – Path-length test object [Go to Page]
- 4.5.4 Presentation of results
- 4.6 Noise equivalent quanta (NEQ) [Go to Page]
- 4.6.1 Purpose
- Figure 9 – Example plot of path-length test results [Go to Page]
- 4.6.2 Test object description
- 4.6.3 Test method
- Figure 10 – NEQ test object [Go to Page]
- 4.6.4 Presentation of results
- Table 2 – NEQ procedure results
- 4.7 CT value consistency [Go to Page]
- 4.7.1 Purpose
- 4.7.2 Test object description
- 4.7.3 Test method
- 4.7.4 Presentation of results
- 4.8 CT value uniformity and x-ray energy spectrum consistency [Go to Page]
- 4.8.1 Purpose
- 4.8.2 Test object description
- 4.8.3 Test method
- Figure 11 – Z uniformity test object and streak artifact test object [Go to Page]
- 4.8.4 Presentation of results
- Table 3 – CT value uniformity results
- 4.9 Streak artifacts [Go to Page]
- 4.9.1 Purpose
- 4.9.2 Test object description
- 4.9.3 Test method
- Figure 12 – Pins in test object axial slice (large circle), midpoints between neighboring pin pairs (small circles), traced line, and rectangular ROI [Go to Page]
- 4.9.4 Presentation of results
- Table 4 – Streak artifact procedure results
- 4.10 Slice sensitivity profile (SSP) [Go to Page]
- 4.10.1 Purpose
- 4.10.2 Test object description
- 4.10.3 Test method
- Figure 13 – Slanted edge test object used to measure z resolution [Go to Page]
- 4.10.4 Presentation of results
- 4.11 Image registration [Go to Page]
- 4.11.1 Purpose
- 4.11.2 Test object description
- Table 5 – SSP procedure results [Go to Page]
- 4.11.3 Test method
- Figure 14 – Registration test object (not to scale)
- Figure 15 – CT image of registration test object, slice plane 1
- Figure 16 – Horizontal line profile through CT slice of the registration test object
- Figure 17 – Projection image of the registration test object and vertical profile through image [Go to Page]
- 4.11.4 Presentation of results
- 5 Environmental requirements
- Annex A (normative) Detailed test article specifications and drawings [Go to Page]
- A.1 General
- A.2 Commercial parts
- A.3 Outer enclosure
- Table A.1 – Commercial foils required for fabrication of CT value uniformity and x-ray energy spectrum consistency test object (4.8)
- A.4 Detailed drawings of custom components
- Figure A.1 – Assembly of Case A test article
- Figure A.2 – Assembly of Case B test article
- Figure A.3 – Test component sub-assembly of Case A test article (drawing 1 of 2)
- Figure A.4 – Test component sub-assembly, Case A test article (drawing 2 of 2)
- Figure A.5 – Test component sub-assembly, Case B test article (drawing 1 of 2)
- Figure A.6 – Test component sub-assembly, Case B test article (drawing 2 of 2)
- Figure A.7 – Sub-components for Case A cylinder test object
- Figure A.8 – Ring sub-components for Case A cylinder test object
- Figure A.9 – Pin sub-components for Case A cylinder test object (streak artifacts)
- Figure A.10 – Al sub-component for image registration test object, Case A
- Figure A.11 – POM sub-components for image registration test object, Case A
- Figure A.12 – Cylinder test object (NEQ and CT value consistency), Case B
- Figure A.13 – Object length test object, Cases A and B
- Figure A.14 – Path length test object, Case A
- Figure A.15 – SSP test object, Case B
- Figure A.16 – Partition panel for component support, Cases A and B (drawing 1 of 4)
- Figure A.17 – Partition panel for component support, Case A (drawing 2 of 4)
- Figure A.18 – Partition panel for component support, Case B (drawing 3 of 4)
- Figure A.19 – Partition panel for component support, Case B (drawing 4 of 4)
- Figure A.20 – Component support rods, Cases A and B
- Figure A.21 – Assembly washers, Cases A and B
- Figure A.22 – Sub-assembly for Case A cylinder test object
- Figure A.23 – Sub-assembly for Case A image registration test object
- Annex B (informative) Example of reporting format [Go to Page]
- B.1 General
- B.2 Example report
- Annex C (informative) Statistical guidance on multiple scans, summary statistics, and comparison of results [Go to Page]
- C.1 General
- C.2 Scenario A: Comparing a single CT system between its baseline and candidate (revised) configuration
- C.3 Scenario B: Comparing a single (candidate) system against an existing historical population of systems
- Bibliography [Go to Page]