 |
|
| FUNDAMENTALS OF MAMMOGRAPHY
| |
| | |
|
|
To order this title, and for more information, click here
Second Edition
By
Linda Lee, Superintendent Radiographer and Radiographic Service Manager, Breast Screening Training Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
Verdi Stickland, Superintendent Radiographer and Radiographic Quality Assurance Manager, Breast Screening Training Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
A. Robin Wilson, MBChB, FRCR, FRCP(E), Clinical Director and Consultant Radiologist, Breast Screening Training Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
Andrew Evans, Nottingham International Breast Education Centre, City Hospital, Nottingham, UK
Description
This practical and comprehensive guide is designed to help you obtain high quality mammography images through efficient, sensitive management
of the patient and a thorough understanding of the anatomical basis of mammographic positioning and projections. Also includes information
on basic mammographic interpretation and an outline of radiologic procedures.
Audience
Primary:
Practicing mammographers; 3rd and 4th year diagnostic and therapeutic students
Secondary: clinicians involved in screening
and diagnostic services, radiologists and medical physicists involved in breast imaging.
Contents
Mammography equipment and quality control. Film processing and quality control. Breast anatomy - implications for mammographic practice.
Mammography - the first steps. Mammography - basic projections. Mammography - complementary projections. Mammography - tailoring the
examination. Training, education and continuing professional development in mammographic practice. Quality assurance systems. The basis
of mammographic interpretation. Breast screening. Psychological issues and communication.
Appendices. Glossary. Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 176 pages, publication date: NOV-2002
ISBN-13: 978-0-443-07114-0
ISBN-10: 0-443-07114-4
Imprint: CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
|
062/611
Last update: 10 Sep 2009
|
|
| |
| | |
|
|
| |
Home | Elsevier Sites | Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Feedback | Site Map | A Reed Elsevier Company