MAMMOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, QUALITY ASSURANCE AND PROCEDURES

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Course provides students with foundational concepts of mammographic quality assurance testing and the factors that govern and influence quality control equipment. Students learn how to construct a quality assurance program for a mammography program following the American College of Radiology and Mammography Quality Standards Act guidelines. Students also gain an understanding of various radiographic imaging procedures, including routine localization, specimen radiography, ultrasound of the breast, cyst aspiration, fine needle aspiration cytology and breast magnetic resonance imaging. Course also covers minimally invasive mammographic needle breast biopsy procedures, core biopsy, stereotactic procedures and interventional procedures used in breast cancer diagnosis.