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Book reviews

Commissioning and Routine Testing of Mammographic X-ray Systems (Report 59). By M. Fitzgerald, D. Dance, K. Fisher, C. Lawinski and M. Ramsdale, pp. viii + 60, 1989 (Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine), £9.80. ISBN 0–904181–58–8

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This is a comprehensive booklet of mammographic equipment tests. Its main commendation lies in practical advice which accompanies the tests; as such it is excellent. The attempt to wrap the tests up in the language of quality systems is not entirely convincing (Ch. 2). "Commissioning" and routine tests are said to comprise the operating techniques of quality control. They are essentially inspection methods.