Digital Mammography: New Game, New Rules

Digital Mammography: New Game, New Rules
Monday, July 13, 2009
Houston, TX

MEETING SPONSOR:
Advanced Health Education Center

8502 Tybor Drive
Houston, TX 77074
USA
Toll-Free 800-239-1361
713-772-0157
FAX 713-772-0155
Website: http://aheconline.com

CONFERENCE CENTER:
Advanced Health Education Center
8502 Tybor Drive
Houston, TX 77074
USA
Toll-Free 800-239-1361
713-772-0157
FAX 713-772-0155
Website: http://aheconline.com

MEETING DESCRIPTION:
Digital Mammography - New Game, New Rules
New Game – New Rules! Join us to learn not only how to play the game but excel at it! Film screen mammography has been the standard, but digital is here for many of us.
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) and computed radiography mammograms (CRM) are replacing film screen mammograms at a number of facilities. This technology is versatile and has the ability to gather more information than ever before. Post
processing techniques, tomosynthesis, contrast subtraction, CAD and many more are tools are available to help detect breast cancers. Join us to see the use of digital imaging in mammography to understand digital imaging and its use in mammography.

Course Topics
Introduction
• History / A Blast from the Past
• Previous Modalities
• Complementary Modalities
• Look How Far We Have Come!

Terminology and Physics
• New Terminology for Film Screen Mammographers

• The Digital Mammography Unit
• The Similarities; the Differences
• Detector Technologies
• The Detector’s Performance
- DR Vs CR
- Physics of Digital Imaging

Positioning and the Technique Chart
• Detector Size and Positioning Strategies
• Magnification
• Image Critique/Positioning Standards
• AEC/Grids
• Technical Factors

Image Acquisition, Image Review and Image Optimization

• Acquisition Workstation
- Review Workstation


INSTRUCTORS:
Sprinkle-Vincent

CME HOURS: 8

LECTURE TOPICS:
Mammography/Women's Imaging

ACTIVITIES: not listed