OAR 333-106-0700
Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions


In addition to the definitions provided in division 100 and 106 of this chapter, the following definitions shall be applicable to the rules in this division.

(1)

“Air Kerma” means the sum of the initial energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing particles in a given mass of air. The unit used to measure the quantity of kerma is the gray (Gy). For X-rays with energies below 300 kiloelectronvolts (keV), 1Gy=100 rad and is equivalent to 114 (R) of exposure.

(2)

“FDA” means the Food and Drug Administration.

(3)

An “image receptor support surface” means that portion of the image receptor support which is the X-ray input surface and is used to support the patient’s breast during mammography.

(4)

“Interpreting physician” means a licensed physician who interprets mammographic images and meets the qualifications of OAR 333-106-0750 (Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications)(2).

(5)

“Lead Interpreting Physician” means a physician who interprets mammographic images, meets the qualifications of OAR 333-106-0750 (Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications)(2), and who has the general responsibility for ensuring that the registrant’s quality assurance program meets all applicable rules and regulations.

(6)

“Mammographic screening” means the use of radiation to test women for the detection of diseases of the breast when such tests are not specifically and individually ordered by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts legally authorized to prescribe such tests for the purposes of diagnosis. Screening is considered as self-referral by asymptomatic women without physicians orders (see OAR 333-100-0020 (Prohibited Uses)(5)(6) and 333-106-0035 (General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted)(3)).

(7)

“Mammography” means radiography of the breast.

(8)

“Mammography equipment evaluation” means an onsite assessment of a mammography unit(s) or image processor performance by a medical physicist for the purpose of making a preliminary determination as to whether the equipment meets all of the applicable state and federal standards.

(9)

“Mammography unit(s)” means an assemblage of components for the production of X-rays for use during mammography, including, at a minimum; An X-ray generator, an X-ray control, a tube housing assembly, a beam limiting device, and the supporting structures for these components.

(10)

“Medical Physicist” means a person trained in evaluating the performance of mammography equipment and quality assurance programs and meets the qualifications of OAR 333-106-0750 (Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications)(3).

(11)

“MQSA” means the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992.

(12)

“Phantom” means a test object used to simulate radiographic characteristics of compressed breast tissue and containing components that radiographically model aspects of breast disease and cancer. (The “FDA accepted phantom” meets this requirement.)

(13)

“Quality Assurance” is a comprehensive concept that comprises all of the management practices instituted by the registrant or the registrant’s representative/s to ensure that:

(a)

Every imaging procedure is necessary and appropriate to the clinical problem at hand;

(b)

The images generated contain information critical to the solution of that problem;

(c)

The recorded information is correctly interpreted and made available in a timely fashion to the patient’s physician;

(d)

The examination results in the lowest possible radiation exposure, cost, and inconvenience to the patient, consistent with subsection (13)(b) of this rule.

(14)

“Quality Assurance Program” includes such facets as efficacy studies, continuing education, quality control, preventive maintenance, and calibration of equipment.

(15)

“Quality Control” means a series of distinct technical procedures that ensure the production of a satisfactory product,such as a high quality screening or diagnostic image.

(16)

“Quality Control Technologist” means an individual who is qualified under MQSA, and who is responsible for those quality assurance responsibilities not assigned to the Lead Interpreting Physician or to the Medical Physicist.

(17)

“Resting period” means the period of time necessary to bleed out air that has been trapped between the radiographic film and intensifying screen during the loading process in the darkroom. This period of time is usually measured in minutes and determined by the individual manufacturer of the intensifying screen/mammography cassette combination.

(18)

“Standard Breast” means a 4.2 cm thick compressed breast, consisting of 50 percent adipose, and 50 percent glandular tissue.

(19)

“Survey” means an onsite physics consultation and evaluation of a registrant’s mammography equipment, and quality assurance program performed by a medical physicist.

Source: Rule 333-106-0700 — Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-106-0700.

333–106–0001
Purpose and Scope
333–106–0005
Definitions
333–106–0010
Administrative Controls
333–106–0015
General Requirements: Technique Chart
333–106–0020
General Requirements: Written Rules and Procedures
333–106–0025
General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel
333–106–0035
General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted
333–106–0040
General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint
333–106–0045
General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment
333–106–0050
General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring
333–106–0055
General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training
333–106–0060
General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications
333–106–0101
General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems
333–106–0105
General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information
333–106–0110
General Requirements: Plan Review
333–106–0120
General Requirements: Information on Radiation Shielding for Plan Reviews — Optional
333–106–0130
General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth
333–106–0201
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems
333–106–0205
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube
333–106–0210
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates
333–106–0215
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits
333–106–0220
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Indication of Potential and Current
333–106–0225
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance
333–106–0230
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Timer
333–106–0235
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes
333–106–0240
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation
333–106–0245
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems
333–106–0301
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT)
333–106–0305
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices
333–106–0310
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance
333–106–0315
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility
333–106–0320
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation from Capacitor Energy Storage Equipment in Standby Status
333–106–0325
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Intraoral Dental Radiographic Systems
333–106–0345
Purpose and Scope
333–106–0350
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Definitions
333–106–0355
CT Equipment Requirements
333–106–0360
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Facility Design Requirements
333–106–0361
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Radiation Protection Surveys
333–106–0362
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operating Procedures and Conditions of Operation
333–106–0363
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Quality Control Program
333–106–0364
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Initial and Annual Qualified CT Medical Physicist Scanner Performance Evaluations
333–106–0366
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Dose Limits
333–106–0367
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Records and Report Retention
333–106–0368
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist
333–106–0369
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Report and Notification of a CT Medical Event
333–106–0370
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operator Requirements
333–106–0601
Veterinary X-ray Systems: Veterinary Medicine Radiographic Installations Additional Requirements
333–106–0700
Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions
333–106–0710
Mammography Requirements: Equipment Standards
333–106–0720
Mammography Requirements: Quality Assurance Program
333–106–0730
Mammography Requirements: Additional Requirements
333–106–0735
Mammography Requirements: Breast Density Notification
333–106–0750
Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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