1 - AS 3205-1985 APPROVAL AND TEST SPECIFICATION-DENTAL AND MOBILE DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT
3 - PREFACE
4 - CONTENTS
5 - SECTION 1. SCOPE, APPLICATION AND REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
5 - 1.1 SCOPE.
5 - 1.2 APPLICATION.
5 - 1.2.1 Compliance with AS 3100, and AS 3200.
5 - 1.2.2 Special requirements.
5 - 1.3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS.
5 - 1.3.1 Standards
5 - 1.3.2 Approval and Test Specifications:
6 - SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
6 - 2.2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS.
6 - 2.2.100 Coefficient of variation (C)
6 - 2.2.101 Collimators.
6 - 2.2.102 Documents.
6 - 2.2.103 Exposure
6 - 2.2.104 Exposure factors.
6 - 2.2.105 Filtration.
6 - 2.2.106 Radi ation.
7 - 2.2.107 Shall and should
7 - 2.2.108 Shielding.
7 - 2.2.109 X-ray.
8 - SECTION 3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
8 - 3.1 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
8 - 3.1.1 General.
8 - 3.1.100 Mechanical requirements.
8 - 3.1.101 Hydraulic and pneumatic power.
8 - 3.1.102 Battery-powered mobile X-ray equipment.
8 - 3.1.103 Stops and brakes.
8 - 3.1.104 X-ray tube housing (See also Clause 8.1).
8 - 3.1.105 High voltage equipment.
9 - 3.1.106 Circuit protection.
9 - 3.3 MECHANICAL STABILITY (OTHER THAN FIXED EQUIPMENT).
9 - 3.3.1 General.
9 - 3.6 CONTROLS, INSTRUMENTS AND INDICATORS.
9 - 3.6.1 Arrangements.
9 - 3.6.5 Accuracy of output controls and instruments.
9 - 3.6.8 Limitation of movement.
9 - 3.6.100 Indication of exposure factors for radiography.
9 - 3.6.101 Tube current.
9 - 3.6.102 Quantity of electricity.
9 - 3.6.103 Supply indicator.
9 - 3.6.104 Beam On indi cation.
10 - 3.6.105 Exposure switch.
10 - 3.6.106 Automatic exposure factors.
10 - 3.6.107 Timers.
10 - 3.6.108 Capacitor-discharge X-ray equipment.
10 - 3.6.109 Reliability of X-ray output performance.
11 - 3.7 ENCLOSURE AND LOCATION OF BATTERIES.
11 - 3.9 SUSPENDED MASSES.
11 - 3.9.1 General.
11 - 3.9.2 Inspection ports.
11 - 3.9.3 Locking devices.
12 - SECTION 4. PROTECTION AGAINST MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL FAILURE
13 - SECTION 5. PROTECTION AGAINST ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARDS
14 - SECTION 6. PROTECTION AGAINST HEAT AND FIRE
15 - SECTION 7. EQUIPMENT MARKING AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS
15 - 7.1 MARKING ON EQUIPMENT.
15 - 7.1.1 General.
15 - 7.1.100 Protective devices.
15 - 7.1.101 X-ray tube assemblies.
15 - 7.1.102 Light beam collimator.
16 - SECTION 8. PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
16 - 8.1 X-RAY TUBE, X-RAY TUBE HOUSING, X-RAY TUBE ASSEMBLY AND COLLIMATOR DEVICES.
16 - 8.1.1 Primary limitation of the X-ray beam.
16 - 8.1.2 Radiation protection of X-ray tube assembly.
16 - 8.2 LEAKAGE RADIATION FROM CAPACITOR-DISCHARGE X-RAY EQUIPMENT.
16 - 8.3 BEAM QUALITY.
16 - 8.3.1 Dental X-ray equipment designed for use with intra-oral image receptors.
16 - 8.3.2 Filtration of all other X-ray equipment except equipment incorporating intra-oral X-ray sources used in conjunction...
16 - 8.3.3 Determination of beam quality.
16 - 8.3.4 Determination of beam quality for capacitor discharge X-ray equipment.
16 - 8.4 FIELD LIMITATIONS OF DENTAL X-RAY EQUIPMENT
17 - 8.4.1 Extra-oral sources with intra-oral image receptors.
17 - 8.4.2 Intra-oral X-ray sources used in conjunction with extra-oral image receptors
17 - 8.4.3 X-ray equipment used for dental panoramic tomography.
17 - 8.4.4 X-ray equipment for cephalometric radiography.
17 - 8.5 MOBILE OR PORTABLE DIAGNOSTIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT.
17 - 8.5.1 General.
17 - 8.5.2 Limitation of focus-skin distance.
18 - 8.5.3 Light beam collimator.
18 - 8.5.4 Interlocking of filters.
18 - 8.5.5 Mobile diagnostic X-ray equipment with image intensifiers.
19 - 8.5.6 Maximum kerma in air rate during fluoroscopy.
20 - APPENDIX A - TEST TO BE APPLIED FOR TYPE APPROVAL