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About this webinar
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. This webinar provides an introduction to DBT and discusses pertinent information relevant
to the medical physicist.
This webinar is Part 1 of the Hands-on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Training Workshop but
can be viewed independently. Click here for more
information about the complete workshop.
available to each registrant
prior to this webinar.
This will allow you to follow along
with the presentation and make
notes as you feel necessary.
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Educational Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will:
- Understand the technique for collecting tomosynthesis data.
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- Appreciate the unit and detector performance requirements.
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- Have reviewed the clinical advantages of DBT.
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- Understand the role of DBT in screening and diagnostic applications.
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- Understand the factors affecting in plane and depth resolution of DBT.
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- Have reviewed the FDA approved QC procedures for Hologic DBT unit.
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Webinar
Session Dates
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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
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Who Should Attend
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This webinar series is designed primarily for medical physicists to partly (4 hours total credit)
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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J. Ed Barnes, PhD
Executive Director MTMI
Jerry A. Thomas, MS, DABR, CHP, DABSNM
Via Christi Regional Medical Center
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Course Credit
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Each webinar session provides 2 hours of Medical Physics Continuing Education Credits (MPCEC)
for qualified medical physicists.
This webinar series also provides Category A continuing education credit for
radiologic technologists recognized by the ARRT, 2.5 for session one and 2 for session two. A certificate of attendance, documenting these credits
will be provided for each individual upon completion of the webinar. All attendees must attend the entire webinar to receive full credit.
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Session Schedule for Webinar
Session
Aug 14, 2012
8:00pm Eastern
7:00pm Central
6:00pm Mountain
5:00pm Pacific
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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
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
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Session 2
Aug 16, 2012
8:00pm Eastern
7:00pm Central
6:00pm Mountain
5:00pm Pacific
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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Registration
All prices are in US dollars
The advanced tuition for this webinar is $300 (MTMI members $270)
for the complete series when registration is received 4 or more days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
The regular tuition is $300 (MTMI members $270)
for the complete series when registration is
received 3 or less days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
Advanced tuition for a single session of the webinar series is $150.00 (MTMI members $135.00) per session
when registration is received 4 or more days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
Regular tuition is $150.00 (MTMI members $135.00) per session
when registration is received 3 or less days prior to the start of session one of the webinar series.
Check the box(s) next to the session(s) you wish to attend.
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Refunds of tuition will be made to registrants that cannot log into the webinar due to
unsolvable technical issues beyond their control. Cancelations made 4 days or more prior
to the start of the webinar series will receive a refund of tuition paid less a $15 processing
fee. Cancelations made within 3 days of the start of the webinar series will receive a
credit toward a future MTMI webinar less the $15 processing fee. No refunds will be
made after the start of the webinar series with the exception stated above.
MTMI reserves the right to cancel any scheduled webinar due to low advance
registration or other reasons. MTMI’s liability is limited to a refund of any
program tuition paid.
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How to Register
By phone call: 1-800-765-6864
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