1. Getting to Know Digital Mammography
| · | Breast Cancer |
| · | History of Mammography |
| · | Applications of Mammography |
| · | Mammographic Imaging Theory |
| · | How Mammography Has Been Traditionally Performed |
| · | Limitations of Mammography |
| · | Sensitivity |
| · | Specificity |
| · | Sensitivity and Specificity Together |
| · | Other Performance Limitations of Mammography |
| · | Introduction of Digital Mammography |
| · | Digital Mammography Defined |
| · | How Digital Mammography Works: an Overview |
| · | Benefits of Digital Information |
| · | Early Challenges for Digital Mammography |
| · | Technical Challenges |
| · | Regulatory Challenges |
| · | Market Acceptance |
| · | Comparing Digital Mammograms to Film Mammograms |
| · | Current State of Digital Mammography |
| · | Performance of Digital Mammography |
| · | Understanding a Digital Signal |
2. Hardware and System Operation
| · | Overview of a Digital Mammography System |
| · | System Components |
| · | Acquisition Console |
| · | Digital-to-Analog Converter |
| · | Introduction to the Gantry and its Functional Sections |
| · | X-ray Generation Section of the Gantry |
| · | High Voltage Generator |
| · | Mammography X-ray Tube |
| · | Beam Filtration |
| · | Collimation |
| · | Breast Positioning Section of the Gantry |
| · | Compression Hardware |
| · | Image Detection Section of the Gantry |
| · | Anti-scatter Grid: Linear Grids, HTC Grids |
| · | Digital Detectors: Digital Detectors vs. Screen-film, Indirect Conversion Digital, Direct Conversion Digital, Common Types of Digital Detectors |
| · | Detector Readout Electronics |
| · | Analog-to-Digital Converter |
| · | Acquisition Console Image Processing |
| · | Picture Archiving and Communication System |
| · | Softcopy Review Workstation |
| · | Hardcopy Device |
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| 3. Image Formation and Quality
| · | Performing the Digital Mammography Examination |
| · | Positioning the Breast |
| · | Understanding Detector Field-of-View in Digital Mammography |
| · | Exposure Techniques |
| · | Performing the Acquisition |
| · | Formation of a Digital Mammography Image |
| · | How Image Pixel Values are Determined |
| · | Displaying Digital Mammography Images |
| · | Acquired Image vs Displayed Image |
| · | Reviewing the Image |
| · | Digital Mammography Image Processing: Image Processing in the Background, Interactive Image Processing |
| · | Performing the Study: Summary |
| · | Image Quality in Digital Mammography |
| · | Factors That Affect Image Quality: Contrast, Resolution, Noise |
| · | Methods Used to Characterize System Quality: Modulation Transfer Function, Detective Quantum Efficiency |
| · | Quality Control: Detector Quality Control, AEC/Dose Performance Quality Control, Softcopy Display Quality Control, Laser Printer Quality Control |
4. Advanced Topics in Digital Mammography
| · | Computer Aided Detection |
| · | The CAD Report |
| · | How CAD Works |
| · | CAD Today and into the Future |
| · | Contrast Enhanced Mammography |
| · | Principles of Contrast Agents |
| · | Administration of the Contrast Agent |
| · | Functional Imaging |
| · | Imaging Methods |
| · | Tomosynthesis |
| · | Tomosynthesis Reconstruction |
| · | Benefits and Expectations of Tomosynthesis |
| · | Tomosynthesis in Clinical Practice |
| · | Other "3-D" Digital Mammography Technologies |
| · | Dedicated Breast CT Scanner |
| · | Stereo Mammography |
| · | Fusion Imaging |
| · | Fusion with Ultrasound |
| · | Fusion with Nuclear Imaging |
| · | Fusion with Other Modalities |
| · | Telemammography |
| · | Breast Cancer Risk Assessment |
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