Come spend the day with fellow mammographers and our expert faculty for Mammography Positioning Refresher. This course is designed to improve the mammographer's positioning skills and procedures for CC, MLO, Supplemental Views and Male Patient Imaging. The course is often requested as part of accreditation requirements for mammography positioning. Any radiographer may take this course to learn or refresh their skills. A good review of QC for images is included. The faculty for this course is a qualified mammography trainer.
Mammography Positioning Refresher - 8 Category A CE
**This live, instructor-directed course meets the Texas Medical Board requirements for all registered Medical Radiologic Technologists. Please refer to the TMB website for more information at this LINK
Course Topics
CC refresher
Standards and requirements for optimal positioning of the CC view
Achieving adequate visualization of posterior tissue
Achieving adequate visualization of superior tissue
Mobile margins of the breast and how they affect positioning
Elevating the breast-consequences of over elevating
Elevating the breast-consequences of under elevating
Posterior nipple line (PNL) measurement
MLO refresher
Standards and requirements for optimal positioning of the MLO view
Achieving adequate visualization of posterior tissue
What is the right angle of the image receptor for the MLO view?
Achieving optimal muscle pattern
Mobile margins of the breast and how they affect positioning
Mobilizing the breast-consequences of inadequate mobilization
Mobilizing the breast-consequences of over mobilization
Achieving adequate visualization of inferior tissue
Where is my IMF? I know it was on there!
Supplemental View
Magnification
Tailoring the Examination: Imaging The Augmented Breast
Imaging The Postoperative and Reconstructed Breast
Supplemental Views and Male Patient Exams
Implants
Male Patients
Difficult Patients
Post-Surgical Patients
Image Critique & Review
Landmarks for image critique
Is all the breast tissue imaged??
Are there any deficiencies?
You be the ACR reviewer!
PASS or FAIL?
Objectives
List the standards for positioning the routine views.
Identify the step that will assure adequate visualization of posterior tissue on the CC view.
Describe the adequate muscle pattern on the MLO view.
Evaluate the images for optimal compression.
Discuss the importance of consistent positioning.
Evaluate the images for motion or geometric blur.
Discuss PNL measurement and how to use it.
Obtain adequate IMF on the MLO.
Understand how to correct positioning deficiencies
Discuss proper positioning of the augmented patient
Discuss compression on the augmented patient
Critique a mammographic image for acceptable technical factors
Critique a mammographic image for acceptable positioning criteria for the cranio-caudal view
Critique a mammographic image for acceptable positioning criteria for the mediolateral oblique
List three positioning techniques
| Category | Hours | Revision Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Breast Sonography > Patient Care > Patient Interactions and Management- 2016 | 2.5 | 2016, 2021 |
| Mammography > Image Production > Equipment Operation and Quality Assurance | 1.5 | 2016 |
| Mammography > Image Production > Image Acquisition and Quality Assurance | 1.5 | 2020 |
| Mammography > Procedures > Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology | 1.0 | 2016, 2020 |
| Mammography > Procedures > Mammographic, Positioning, Special Needs, and Imaging Procedures | 5.5 | 2016, 2020 |
| Radiology Assistant > Procedures > Thoracic Section | 4.25 | 2017, 2018, 2023 |
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