Stereotactic Breast Biopsy (Live Event)

You may attend this popular eight hour course conducted inside the stereotactic biopsy room at our affiliate hospital.  You will gain hands-on equipment experience for both prone and upright procedures.  Space is limited so sign up quick!

**The course will be conducted at one of AHEC’s clinical affiliates. Please look for an email a week before the course with the directions and parking information.  If you need to book your hotel, the course will most likely be in the Texas Medical Center area.

Course Topics

• History of Stereotactic Biopsy
• Roles and Responsibilities: mammographer, radiologist, physicist, referring physician
• Principles of Stereotactic core biopsy
• Equipment: dedicated and add-on units
• Biopsy Devices
• Step-by-step Procedures for Prone and Upright
• Quality Control
• Accreditation
• MRI Stereotactic Biopsy