Designation:E1000−98(Reapproved2009)StandardGuideforRadioscopy1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1000;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisguideisfortutorialpurposesonlyandtooutlinethegeneralprinciplesofradioscopicimaging.1.2Thisguidedescribespracticesandimagequalitymea-suringsystemsforreal-time,andnearreal-time,nonfilmdetection,display,andrecordingofradioscopicimages.Theseimages,usedinmaterialsexamination,aregeneratedbypenetratingradiationpassingthroughthesubjectmaterialandproducinganimageonthedetectingmedium.AlthoughthedescribedradiationsourcesarespecificallyX-rayandgamma-ray,thegeneralconceptscanbeusedforotherradiationsourcessuchasneutrons.Theimagedetectionanddisplaytechniquesarenonfilm,buttheuseofphotographicfilmasameansforpermanentrecordingoftheimageisnotprecluded.NOTE1—Forinformationpurposes,refertoTerminologyE1316.1.3Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.Forspecificsafetyprecautionarystatements,seeSection6.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2E142MethodforControllingQualityofRadiographicTest-ing(Withdrawn2000)3E747PracticeforDesign,ManufactureandMaterialGroup-ingClassificationofWireImageQualityIndicators(IQI)UsedforRadiologyE1025PracticeforDesign,Manufacture,andMaterialGroupingClassificationofHole-TypeImageQualityIn-dicators(IQI)UsedforRadiologyE1316TerminologyforNondestructiveExaminationsE2002PracticeforDeterminingTotalImageUnsharpnessinRadiology2.2NationalCouncilonRadiationProtectionandMeasure-ment(NCRP)Standards:NCRP49StructuralShieldingDesignandEvaluationforMedicalUseofXRaysandGammaRaysofEnergiesupto10MeV4NCRP5...
