scope:

Applies to hard copy cameras producing images on monochrome continuous tone material (such as photographic films and materials sensitive to infrared radiation), and comprising types of cameras using a cathode ray tube, laser beam, or a thermoprinting system, as used in diagnostic systems such as: digital radiography, digital subtraction angiography, imaging in computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound imaging and imaging in nuclear medicine. This standard does NOT apply to x-y (analogue) recording systems used in nuclear medicine. It describes a method to check, in terms of functional parameters, the constancy of the quality of images produced by hard copy cameras in order to ensure that the required conditions for producing consistent hard copies are maintained after the calibration and adjustment have been carried out.