🇵🇱 SIEMENS HEALTHCARE Sp. z o.o. PL

PCA AB 1843 • Warszawa, Poland • 12 methods

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SIEMENS HEALTHCARE Sp. z o.o. is a laboratory accredited by PCA under number AB 1843 (Warszawa, Poland). Its accreditation scope covers 12 test methods in the following areas: Other. Test objects include: Equipment used in computed tomography, Equipment used in fluoroscopy and angiography, Equipment used in general digital radiography, Monitors used for the display of medical images.

At a glance

  • Accreditation number: PCA AB 1843
  • Methods in scope: 12
  • Types of test objects: 6
  • City: Warszawa, Poland
Accreditation number
AB 1843
Accreditation body
PCA
Address
ul. Polna 11, 00-633 Warszawa, LABORATORIUM BADAWCZE, ul. Gdańska 4a
City
Warszawa, Poland

What this laboratory tests (6)

Accreditation scope — test methods (12)

No. Test object Methodology / Parameters Technique Reference document
Test methods
1 Equipment used in computed tomography Acceptance tests covering measurements of:
HU value image uniformity tube output volume computed tomography dose index (CTDIvol) layer thickness accuracy of high voltage setting repeatability of the high voltage value high voltage value with changing current
PB-CT wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
2 Monitors used for the display of medical images Acceptance tests covering measurements of:
uniformity luminance – consistency of maximum luminance between monitors luminance – monitor contrast luminance - greyscale curve
PB-MON wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
3 Planar scintillation cameras Acceptance tests covering measurements of:
pixel size system sensitivity
PB-MN wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
4 SPECT and SPECT/CT cameras Acceptance tests covering measurements of:
pixel size system sensitivity tomographic spatial resolution in air tomographic uniformity of the system
PB-MN wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
5 Equipment used in general digital radiography Acceptance tests covering measurements of:
accuracy of high voltage setting repeatability of the high voltage value high voltage value with changing current − exposure time − half-value layer (HVL) − X-ray tube output − repeatability of X-ray tube output − X-ray tube output value with changing current − X-ray tube output value with changing current-time product − focal spot size − perpendicularity of the X-ray beam axis − coincidence of the centre of the X-ray field with the centre of the resulting image − coincidence of the centre of the X-ray field with the centre of the light field cross − coincidence of the centre of the light field cross with the centre of the resulting image − coincidence of the X-ray radiation field with the field of the resulting image for collimators with automatic field setting − coincidence of the X-ray radiation field with the light field for collimators with manual field setting − illuminance of the light field simulating the X-ray radiation field − assessment of the repeatability of the AEC system − assessment of the AEC system with changing phantom thickness sensitivity of imaging plates (CR systems)
PB-RO wyd.2 z 25.06.2024 r.
6 Equipment used in fluoroscopy and angiography Acceptance tests covering measurements of: − accuracy of the high voltage setting − repeatability of the high voltage value − high voltage value with varying tube current − exposure time − half-value layer (HVL) − X-ray tube output − repeatability of the X-ray tube output − X-ray tube output with varying tube current − X-ray tube output with varying current-time product − perpendicularity of the X-ray beam axis − congruence of the centre of the X-ray field with the centre of the resulting image
coincidence of the centre of the X-ray field with the centre of the light field cross − coincidence of the centre of the light field cross with the centre of the resulting image − coincidence of the X-ray radiation field with the field of the resulting image for collimators with automatic field setting − coincidence of the X-ray radiation field with the light field for collimators with manual field setting − illuminance of the light field simulating the X-ray radiation field − assessment of the repeatability of the AEC system − assessment of the AEC system with changing phantom thickness − dose rate at the input of the image intensifier/ image receptor/ digital detector − dose rate at the entrance surface of the phantom − high-contrast resolution of the imaging chain − threshold image contrast − coincidence of the X-ray radiation field with the field of view of the image receptor − entrance dose per image at the input of the image intensifier/ image receptor/ digital detector − entrance dose per image at the entrance surface of the phantom
PB-F wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024
7 Equipment used in computed tomography Specialist tests Załącznik nr 1 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-CT wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
8 Monitors used for the display of medical images Specialist tests Załącznik nr 2 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-MON wyd.1 z 06.05.2024
9 Planar scintillation cameras Specialist tests Załącznik nr 1 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-MN wyd.1 z 06.05.2024
10 SPECT and SPECT/CT cameras Specialist tests Załącznik nr 1 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-MN wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024
11 Equipment used in general digital radiography Specialist tests Załącznik nr 1 i 2 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-RO wyd. 2 z 25.06.2024 r.
12 Equipment used in fluoroscopy and angiography Specialist tests Załącznik nr 1 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759) | PB-F wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.

Reference standards (13)

PB-CT wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
PB-F wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024
PB-F wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
PB-MN wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024
PB-MN wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
PB-MN wyd.1 z 06.05.2024
PB-MON wyd. 1 z 06.05.2024 r.
PB-MON wyd.1 z 06.05.2024
PB-RO wyd. 2 z 25.06.2024 r.
PB-RO wyd.2 z 25.06.2024 r.
Załącznik nr 1 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759)
Załącznik nr 1 i 2 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759)
Załącznik nr 2 do rozporządzenia Ministra Zdrowia z dnia 12 grudnia 2022 r. (Dz.U. 2022 poz. 2759)