ACR & IAC Accreditation Testing

We perform physics testing in Mammography, CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, or Ultrasound for clients looking to apply for accreditation through the American College of Radiology (ACR) or the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) as required by many insurance companies. We assist you in collecting clinical images for submission, and we work with service engineers to remedy artifact and dose issues prior to accreditation submission. RPC also owns the necessary ACR Phantoms so you do not need to aquire them.

Mammography

    • MQSA Required Annual Equipment Tests
    • Phantom Image Quality Critique
    • Reading Workstation Calibration Testing
    • Annual QA/QC Review

Computed Tomography (CT)

    • Federal and State Required Annual Equipment Tests
    • Adult and Pediatric CT Dosimetry
    • Image Quality Analysis
    • Radiation Scatter Measurements
    • Daily QC Review
    • Protocol Review

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

    • Annual Equipment Tests
    • Image Quality Analysis
    • Individual Coil Evaluation
    • Review of Proper RF Shielding
    • Weekly QC Review

Nuclear Medicine (Planar, SPECT, and PET)

    • Intrinsic and System Uniformity
    • Image Quality Analysis
    • Maximum Count Rates
    • Sensitivity
    • Technologist QC Review

Ultrasound

    • Transducer Uniformity
    • Image Quality Analysis
    • Caliper Accuracy
    • Depth ang Dead Zone Evaluation
    • Gray Scale and Dynamic Range