scope:

This Standard applies to x-ray equipment intended to perform interventional procedures and defines a set of minimum requirements designed to more easily facilitate quality control at the facility level. In particular, items pertinent to the following quality control elements are contained within:

a. physical testing of equipment

b. electronic audit of system configuration

c. electronic reporting of relevant data and information

The scope of the first edition of XR 27 was applicable to fixed x-ray interventional equipment. This first amendment to the first edition of the Standard extends the scope of the first edition to x-ray interventional mobile equipment.

The x-ray equipment falling under this Standard is hereafter referred to as "equipment."