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Workshop Overview
In conventional and digital projection mammography the
super-position of structures and imaging of dense breast tissue
present significant challenges to producing sensitive and accurate
diagnoses of breast cancer. These problems result in unnecessary
biopsies and repeat examinations that cause patient anxiety and
additional expense. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) provides
planar images of the breast without over and under lying tissue thus
reducing false positives and suspicious structures and improving
diagnostic accuracy. One DBT unit has been approved by the FDA for
sale in the US market. Under MQSA rules, DBT is considered a new
modality and therefore requires 8 hours of training before
participation in the surveying and QC of these units in the field.
This workshop is designed to provide hands-on training of DBT to
satisfy this requirement.
Limited enrollment
Register early!
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Workshop Objectives
Morning Session
By participating in this workshop
attendees will:
- Understand the technique for collecting tomosynthesis data.
- Appreciate the unit and detector performance requirements.
- Have reviewed the clinical advantages of DBT.
- Understand the role of DBT in screening and diagnostic applications.
- Understand the factors affecting in plane and depth resolution of DBT.
- Have reviewed the FDA approved QC procedures for the Hologic DBT unit.
Afternoon Hands-on Session
By participating in this workshop
attendees will:
- Have reviewed the operation of the Hologic DBT unit for QC tests.
- Have participated in performing the approved QC test of the Hologic DBT unit.
- Understand the data reporting procedures for the QC tests.
- Have insight into interpretation of QC test data.
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Locations & Dates
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Who Should Attend
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This hands-on on-site training is designed primarily for
medical physicists to satisfy the 8 hour training required for
new modalities before performing unit surveys and QC specified
by the MQSA rules. Others interested in obtaining this
training would include medical physics graduate students and
residents, physics assistants, state and federal mammography
facility inspectors and some technically oriented mammography
technologists interested in learning QC procedures for
tomosynthesis units.
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Faculty
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Jerry A. Thomas, MS, DABR, CHP, DABSNM
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
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Workshop Format
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This workshop is comprised two parts. The first consists of a
4 hour lecture session held in the morning for March 2, 2013
in the MTMI Education Center in Milwaukee (Waukesha) WI.
The second portion of the workshop is a 4 hour hands-on, on-site
session held in the afternoon of March 2, 2013, also at the
MTMI Education Center.
You will have a choice of attending either the AM session,
which runs from 8:00 am to 12:15 pm, or the PM session, which
runs from 1:00 pm to 5:15 pm., or both, indicate your
preference on the registration form.
This workshop
follows the MTMI Hands-on Workshop for Surveying Digital
Mammography Units held Feb 28 to March 1 at the MTMI Education
Center. You must register separately for each workshop.
Successfully completing BOTH the morning and
afternoon sessions of this workshop provides the 8 hours of
training required by MQSA to be qualified to survey units with
tomosynthesis capability.
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Workshop Credit
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An application to CAMPEP for up to 8 hours of Medical Physics
Continuing Education Credit (MPCEC) for qualified medical
physicists, has been filed. A certificate documenting
attendance will be provided to all participants. Attendees
must attend both the morning session, and the afternoon
Hands-on session to completion to meet the 8 hour MQSA
requirement. Please make travel plans accordingly. Approval
for Category A credit for radiologic technologists has been
requested.
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Workshop Schedule
7:30 am
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Morning 4-hour Session
Registration and Coffee
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8:00 am
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Introduction to Tomosynthesis
- Review of detector technology
- Collecting the tomosynthesis data
- Approaches by various vendors
- Detector performance requirements
- Advantages of tomosynthesis
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8:30 am
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Clinical Role of Tomosynthesis
- Indications for use of tomosynthesis imaging
- Screening vs. diagnostic applications
- Comparison to alternative imaging modalities
- Rating utility for the radiologist
- Case studies: normal and pathology
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9:15 am
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Technical Considerations for Tomosynthesis
- Image formation and reconstruction
- Factors affecting in plane resolution
- Factors affecting depth resolution
- Artifacts in tomosynthesis images
- Image composition and display approaches
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10:00 am
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Informal Discussion and Break
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10:15 am
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Accreditation of Breast Tomosynthesis Units
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11:05 am
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QC Procedures of Selenia Dimensions 2D/3D Unit
- Review of procedures in QC Manual
- Similarities and differences to 2D testing
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12:00 pm
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Questions and Answers with the Faculty
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12:15 pm
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Lunch - (provided for all day participants)
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12:45 pm
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Afternoon 4 Hour Hands-on Session
Registration (for PM session only)
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1:00 pm
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Introduction to QC of the Hologic Breast Tomosyntheis Unit
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1:45 pm
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Lab A - Hands-on Demonstration of Data Collection Procedures for Half of QC Tests
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3:15 pm
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Informal Discussion & Break
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3:30 pm
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Lab B - Hands-on Demonstration of Data Collection Procedures for Half of QC Tests
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5:00 pm
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Questions and Answers with the Faculty
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5:15 pm
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Adjourn
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*Schedule is subject to change.
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Registration
All prices for dates in the US are in US dollars.
All prices for dates in Canada are in Canadian dollars.
| ♦ | Amount | Reg Door | | Both Sessions | | |
| Regular Price | 595.00 | 595.00 |
| Member Price | 565.00 | 595.00 |
| Part 1 AM Session | | |
| Regular Price | 295.00 | 295.00 |
| Member Price | 280.00 | 295.00 |
| Part 2 PM session | | |
| Regular Price | 295.00 | 295.00 |
| Member Price | 280.00 | 295.00 |
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