Mammography - Mammography Fellowship
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
Courses Cater to Convenience Our course content is aimed at the future - your future. In addition to imaging skills coursework, there is a complete line of continuing education seminars that will connect you with the latest information. Seminars are available throughout the year in different cities making it convenient to update existing skills. Partnership classes sponsored in health care facilities can make the education available in smaller geographic venues with the choice of subject content catering to the local audience. Services are customizable Faculty is available for private consulting, tutorials, and instruction. Our experts can provide a range of services including image assessment, quality control and quality assurance, accreditation, education, hands-on training, and project management. If you can not wait for a class on our regular schedule, we can arrange for private tutorials. We also provide classes on-site for physicians' groups and radiology departments. We still make "House Calls". |
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