Specimen Imaging
Fig. 26.1 An example of a dedicated specimen cabinet (Photo supplied by Claire Mercer, Lead Radiographer, Nightingale Centre, UHSM) Types of Specimen Imaging and Reporting There are three main types…
Mammographic Compression: A Need for Mechanical Standardisation
Fig. 22.1 (a) Breast density (%) versus patient age (years); plus/minus one standard deviation. (b) Breast density (%) versus breast volume (dm3) mean plus/minus one standard deviation Since contact area…
Mammography Screening: Philosophy – Evidence for and against
Fig. 7.1 Changes in breast cancer mortality by age group, expressed as European age standardised mortality rates per 100,000 population, by age, females, UK. 1971–2011 (Cancer Research UK, http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-info/cancerstats/types/skin/incidence, March…
Breast Density and Influencing Factors
Fig. 2.1 Example of a 40 year old with dense breast tissue pattern Fig. 2.2 Example of a 65 year old with fatty tissue pattern Breast Density Classification (See Also…
Contrast Enhanced Investigations
Fig. 34.1 Example of an analog mammography and the low energy and recombined CESM image (CC-view) showing a 6 cm mucinous carcinoma in a 75 year old woman with a…
Purpose of Interventional Procedures
Interventional procedures Ultrasound Guided various biopsy types, clip and wire placement Upright stereotactic biopsy, 14 g or 10 g vacuum assisted systems Clip placement Wire marker placement Small lesion removal…
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Fig. 30.1 (a) Right CC view shows an asymmetrical density in the outer half. (b) Representative slice from a tomosynthesis series shows normal glandular tissue with no underlying abnormality Techniques…
Client-Practitioner Interactions within Breast Care Services
Fig. 12.1 Complex decision making and problem solving in mammography – the seven stages of the mammography examination (Taken from Nightingale et al. [8] reprinted with permission from Elsevier) Clients…
Reflection on the Oslo Tomosynthesis Screening Trial
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_31 31. Reflection on the Oslo Tomosynthesis Screening Trial Robin Lee Hammond1 , Randi Gullien2 and Per Skaane3 (1) Mammography Screening, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Breast…
Male Mammography
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015Peter Hogg, Judith Kelly and Claire Mercer (eds.)Digital Mammography10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_29 29. Male Mammography Susan E. Garnett1 (1) Breast Unit, Ground Floor West Wing University Hospital, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, CV2 2DX, UK …
