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Table 1 Guidance documents for quality assurance and quality control in mammography

From: Quality assurance and quality control in mammography: a review of available guidance worldwide

Edition details

Edition

Publisher

Country

Title

Short titlea

Status

Scale

Referenceb

2011

IAEA

Various

Quality assurance programme for digital mammography

IAEA-DM

In use

Worldwide

[4]

2009

IAEA

Various

Quality assurance programme for screen film mammography

IAEA-SF

In use

Worldwide

[10]

2007

IAEA

Various

Dosimetry in diagnostic radiology: an international code of practice

IAEA-D

In use

Worldwide

[13]

2006

European Commission/EUREF

Various

European guidelines for quality assurance in breast cancer screening and diagnostic 4th edition

EC

In use/update in progress

Europe

[14]

1996

EP European Commission

Various

European protocol on dosimetry in mammography

EP

In use

Worldwide

[6]

1991/1994

Swedish Radiation Protection Institute

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden

Report on Nordic radiation protection Co-operation–Number 1-mammography

Nordic

Supersede by the European Protocol

Nordic Countries

[17]

2009

NHSBSP

UK

Commissioning and routine testing of full field digital mammography systems

NHSBSP/UK

In use

National

[18]

2009

RANZCR

Australia and New Zealand

Mammography quality assurance program: guidelines for quality control testing for digital (CR & DR) mammography

RANZCR

In use

National

[19]

2008

The National Cancer Screening Service Board

Ireland

Guidelines for quality assurance in mammography screening

Irish Protocol

In use

National

[11]

2008

NQMCBSA

Australia

Breast screen Australia Quality improvement program

Australian Protocol

In use

National

[20]

2005

IPEM

UK

The commissioning and routine testing of mammographic X-ray systems

IPEM/UK

In use/update in progress

National

[8]

1999

ACR

USA

Mammography quality control manual for radiologists, medical physicists and technologists

ACR

In use/update in progress

National

[9]

2006

Ministère de la Santé-Québec

Canada (Quebéc)

Manuel de contrôle de la qualité pour la mammographie et la biopsie guidée par stéréotaxie. Volume 2–physicien biomédical

Canadian Protocol

In use

Regional

[21]

2001

Ministère de la Santé-Québec

Canada (Quebéc)

Manuel de contrôle de la qualité. Volume 1-technologue en radiologie

Canadian Protocol

In use

Regional

[22]

  1. aShort title used as reference in this manuscript
  2. bListed on the reference list