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Course 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 2 part workshop is designed to provide hands-on training of DBT
to satisfy this requirement. The lecture portion of the workshop
(Part 1) will be delivered by a live interactive webinar series (2 sessions) over the
internet and the hands-on on-site training (Part 2) will be offered
at the Ellenbogen Center for Health Science Education at Hologic in
Bedford Massachusetts.
This workshop consists
of two parts:
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Part One consists of two-2 hour on-line WEBINAR sessions held on
March 6 and 8, 2012
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Part Two - One-4 hour Hands-on, On-site session held on March 23, 2012 (choice of AM or PM session)
Held at the Ellenbogen Center for Health Science Education at Hologic in Bedford Massachusetts
Limited enrollment
Register early!
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Course Objectives
Part One - Series of 2 Webinar Sessions
At the completion of this session,
participants 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.
Part Two - Hands-on, On-site Session
At the completion of this session,
participants 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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Boston, MA |
Mar 23, 2012
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Boston, MA |
Aug 24, 2012
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NOTE! Part 1 of this
2 part program is a
Series of
two-2 hour Webinars
held March 6 and 8, 2012
Webinar dates for August program are to be determined.
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Who Should Attend
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This combined webinar and 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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James M. O'Brien Jr., MMSc
Senior Medical Physicist
Diagnostic Physics
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J. Ed Barnes, PhD
Executive Director, MTMI
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Workshop Format
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This workshop is comprised two parts. The first part consists of a series of
two, 2 hour webinar sessions, held on Tuesday, March 6 and Thursday March 8, 2012. Log into the
webinar via the internet, on your computer and participate in
real time. This webinar will be held from 7:00 pm to 9:00pm
Central time. You will be able to ask questions during this
session which will be answered live.
The second
portion of the workshop is a 4 hour hands-on, on-site session
held on March 23, 2012 at The David Ellenbogen Center for
Health Sciences in Bedford, MA. 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. Indicate your preference of attending the morning or
afternoon hands-on training session on the registration
form. Registrants will be assigned to these sessions based
on the order received. Travel plans should not be made until
your session assignment has been confirmed.
Successfully completing BOTH parts of this workshop (both webinar sessions,
2 hours each, and 4 hour hands-on training) 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 sessions to completion to meet the 8 hour
MQSA requirement. Please make travel plans accordingly.
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Workshop Schedule
Part One consists of Two On-line WEBINARs (2 hours each)
First webinar held Tuesday - March 6
Second webinar held Thursday - March 8
both from 7:00pm-9:00pm Central Time
8pm Eastern - 4pm Mountain - 3pm Pacific
What's my timezone?
Introduction to Tomosynthesis
- Review of detector technology
- Collecting the tomosynthesis data
- Approaches by various venders
- Detectorperformance requirements
- Advantages of tomosynthesis
Clinical Role of Tomosynthesis
- Indications for use of tomosynthesis imaging
- Screening vs. diagnostic applications
- Comparison to alternative imaging modalities
- Reading utility for the radiologist
- Case studies: normal and pathology
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
Accreditation of Breast Tomosynthesis Units
QC Procedures for Selenia Dimensions 2D/3D Unit
- Review of procedures from QC manual
- Similarities and differences to 2D testing
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Part Two - Hands-on, On-Site Session
Friday - March 23, 2012
AM session (choice of AM or PM session, not both)
or PM session
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7:30 AM Registration and Coffee
or 12:30 PM
8:00 AM Introduction to QC of the Hologic Breast
or 1:00 PM Tomosynthesis Unit
8:45 AM LAB A - Hands on Demonstration of Data
or 1:45 PM Collection Procedures for Half of QC Tests
10:15 AM Informal Discussion and Break
or 3:15 PM
10:30 AM LAB B - Hands on Demonstration of Data
or 3:30 PM Collection Procedures for Half of QC Tests
12:00 PM Questions and Answers with Faculty
or 5:00 PM
12:15 PM Adjourn
or 5:15 PM
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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 | Early | Reg Door |
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| MTMI Members | 365.00 | 365.00 | 365.00 |
| Non-Members | 395.00 | 395.00 | 395.00 |
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