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Hands-on Workshop on Surveying Digital Mammography Units
Two Day Workshop
15 Hours CAMPEP Credit
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About This Seminar
Full field digital mammography (FFDM) holds promise to improve image quality and reduce radiation dose in the detection of breast cancer. Commercial systems have been approved by the FDA and are beginning to proliferate in the clinical setting. The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) requires 8 hours of training on all new modalities, such as FFDM, before performing surveys on these units. The FDA also strongly recommends that the required training include hands-on instruction on surveying these units. This workshop provides an opportunity to receive hands-on training for both FFDM surveying and quality control procedures on units from several manufacturers.
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Educational Objectives
At the completion of this program, participants will be able to:
- Review the various technologies being used for full field digital mammography.
- Collect survey data required for FFDM units.
- Learn the quality assurance procedures approved for various manufacturers units.
- Analyze survey and QC data for various manufacturers FFDM units.
- Become familiar with the DICOM Part 14 Gray Scale Display Standard.
- Perform appropriate QC tests on soft copy display devices.
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Workshop Format
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The workshop will consist of lecture as well as laboratory training. Lectures will review the technology and surveying QC procedures. There will be 6 laboratory sessions. Attendees will be divided into small groups to rotate through all 6 labs. FFDM machines from Fuji, GE, Hologic and Siemens will be used to demonstrate the set up, collection and analysis of survey and QC data. A syllabus with supporting material for the lectures and labs will be provided to all attendees as well as a CD-ROM with lectures, software, and test images.
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Workshop Credit
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This workshop will provide 15 hours of continuing education on surveying
of full field digital mammography units. Approval has been received from
CAMPEP for up to 15 hours of Medical Physics Continuing Education Credit
(MPCEC) for qualified medical physicists. A certificate documenting
attendance will be provided to all participants.
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Faculty
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J. Ed Barnes, PhD
Executive Director
MTMI
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Jerry A. Thomas, MS,
DABR, CHP, DABSNM
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
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Laboratory Instructors
Marcia Hill GE Medical Systems
Tao Wu, PhD Hologic
Fred Pilgrom Siemens Medical Solutions
To be announced FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA
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Acknowledgements
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Appreciation is expressed to the following companies for their support and
participation to make this workshop possible:
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Workshop Schedule
Day One
| 7:30 am
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Registration
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| 8:30 am
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Review of Digital Detectors in Mammography.....Barnes
-Overview of detector technologies used in digital mammography
detector design
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expected resolution
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data set sizes
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-Future applications of digital mammography
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| 9:45 am
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Informal Discussion and Break
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| 10:00 am
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Quality Assurance Measurements.....Thomas
-Detector measurements: Direct, Indirect and CR
flat field
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AEC
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SNR/CNR
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field uniformity
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MTF
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| 12:00 pm
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Lunch (provided)
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| 12:30 pm
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Lab Session 1
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| 2:00 pm
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Informal Discussion and Break
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| 2:15 pm
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Lab Session 2
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| 3:45 pm
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Lab Session 3
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| 5:15 pm
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Discussion
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| 5:30 pm
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Adjourn |
Day Two
| 7:00 am
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Coffee
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| 7:30 am
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Workstation Performance/QC.....Thomas
-Monitor design/types
high resolution CRT
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luminance limitations
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phosphor types
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flat panel displays
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-DICOM
Part 14 Gray Scale Display Standard
how it is applied to workstations
-Techniques to validate DICOM Part 14 Gray Scale Standard
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| 8:45 am
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Hard Copy Device QC.....Thomas
-Acceptance testing
NEMA tests
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| 9:30 am
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Informal Discussion and Break
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| 9:45 am
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Lab Session4 |
| 11:15 am
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Lunch (provided)
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| 12:00 pm
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Lab Session 5 |
| 1:30 pm
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Lab Session 6 |
| 3:00 pm
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Wrap Up and Evaluations
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| 3:30 pm
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Adjourn
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Lab A
Collecting the survey data
GE FFDM machine
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Lab B
Survey/QC Procedures for
Fuji CR FDDM system
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Lab C
Survey/QC Procedures for
Siemens FFDM machine
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Lab D
Survey/QC Procedures for
Hologic FFDM machine
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Lab E
Analysis of survey/QC data
GE display station
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Lab F
Calibration and QC of
Display monitors
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Registration
All prices are in US dollars *
| ♦ | Amount | Early | Members | Mbrs Early | Reg Door | Mbr Door |
| physicist | 895.00 | 895.00 | 870.00 | 870.00 | 895.00 | 870.00 |
Qualifying 'Early' registrations must be made at least 21 days in advance.
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at 1-800-765-6864.
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Tax Deduction
The expense of continuing education, when taken to maintain and improve
professional skills, is tax deductible. Please contact your accountant for
details.
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