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NBN EN 60627:2015 (2015-05) DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY IMAGING EQUIPMENT - CHARACTERISTICS OF GENERAL PURPOSE AND MAMMOGRAPHIC ANTI-SCATTER GRIDS
 
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Description
Is applicable to anti-scatter grids used in medical diagnostic X-ray imaging equipment. Anti-Scatter Grids are used to reduce the incidence of scattered radiation, produced particularly in the body of the patient, upon the image reception area and thus to improve the contrast of the X-ray pattern. This Standard specifies the definitions, determination and indication of characteristics of anti-scatter grids. In this standard only linear grids are considered. Since at present only focused grids are used in mammography, this standard is restricted to focused grids where mammographic anti-scatter grids are concerned. This standard is not intended to be applied for acceptance tests. This standard does not cover the homogeneity of performance over the area of a grid. This standard is intended to be applied for the determination of the characteristics of anti-scatter grids under test conditions. These conditions are not usually available at the site of the responsible organization. This third edition cancels and replaces the second edition, and constitutes a technical revision. In this revision calcium tungstate phosphor fluorescent screens, which are no longer available, have been replaced by gadolinium oxysulphide (GOS) fluorescent screens. Further, a new quality parameter is introduced: the Image Improvement Factor or Q-factor, which better describes the properties of the anti-scatter grid, especially for digital detector applications. Further differences between this third edition and the previous second edition are: - new instrumentation is prescribed for measurements of the transmission of primary radiation, the transmission of scattered radiation and the transmission of total radiation, because fluorescent screens made of calcium tungstate phosphors are outdated and are no longer available; - the definition of the phantom used for measurements of the transmission of primary radiation, the transmission of scattered radiation and the transmission of total radiation is modified and references to IEC 61267 are omitted; - and the radiation conditions used for the measurements have been adapted and are now the RQR and RQR-M conditions specified in IEC 61267:2005.
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ATTENTION: Belgian registered standards (NBN EN or NBN HD) are generally only available in English or French. Only the cover page is translated and the document itself is in English or in French.

Very important notice: 98% of the text of the NBN EN 55XXX, NBN EN 6XXXX comes from the IEC text which is NOT included. This text can be ordered here: IEC 60627:2013. For the series NBN EN 50XXX, the standards are however complete.

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Status
Status Registered trilingual Belgian standard EN or FR or DE
Situation Currently active
Replaces  NBN EN 60627:2002
Origin
Committee TC 62/SC 62B
DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING EQUIPMENT
Approval
BEC Approval 2015-04-14
NBN Approval 2015-07-24
Belgian Official Journal 2015-08-13
Registration 158302
Numbers identifying the european directives 93/42/EEC  (Medical devices)
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 11.040.50
NBN Status New
Date of ratification (d.o.r.) 2015-04-14
Date of availability (d.a.v.) 2015-05-22
Date of announcement (d.o.a.) 2015-07-14
Date of publication (d.o.p.) 2016-01-14
Date of withdrawal former edition (d.o.w.) 2018-04-14
Correspondences with international standards
Relation International standard Date
is identical to EN 60627:2015 2015-05-22
is identical to IEC 60627:2013/ed. 3.0 2013-07-09
Relations to belgian/foreign publications
Type Origin Code Date
Document Foreign IEC/TR 60788:2004
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1-3:2008
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1-3:2008/A1:2013
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1:2006
Standard Belgium NBN EN 60601-1:2006/A1:2013
Standard Belgium NBN EN 61267:2006