The content on this page is intended to healthcare professionals and equivalents.
At the end of the course, you will be able to :
- Understand the basic physical principles of mammography
- Implement specific mammography techniques
- Perform appropriate internal quality controls
Have already used a mammography unit for the first time.
Technicians, Doctors / Radiologists, Physicists, Biomedical Engineers
1 day (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
In our technical center or on your facilities
Please contact us
- PowerPoint slideshow
- Practical application to real or simulated situations
- Specific equipment: mammograph, MTM100 phantom, plexiglass plate
- Training supervision: provided by the training manager
- Instructor: Application engineer, trainer and employee of FUJIFILM Healthcare France SAS
- Initial assessment: test or role-play to assess each trainee's skills and weaknesses.
- Ongoing assessment of progress (during application exercises): checks on acquisition of the concepts studied and ability to apply them, identification of areas for improvement.
- Knowledge test at the end of the course.
- End-of-training certificate issued.
9h00 - 12h00
- Round-table discussion of practices and difficulties encountered
- Participants' expectations
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MAMMOGRAPHY
- X-ray production
- Function and purpose of the various components of a mammography unit
- Operating principles of tomosynthesis and 2D synthetics
13h30 - 15h00
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES
- Basics of mammography
- Tools for reducing dose and improving image quality
- Tomosynthesis
- Image reconstruction tools
15h15 - 16h30
INTERNAL QUALITY CONTROL IN MAMMOGRAPHY
- Introduction to the various quality control options available in mammography
- Presentation of regulatory daily quality control: Mire AAPM TG 18
- Overview of weekly quality controls: MTM 100, 2D and 3D homogeneity
- Present monthly quality controls: mammograph integrity
16h30 - 17h00
- Practice analysis, conclusions and food for thought
- Improvement actions
Quotation on request at : formations_hcfr@fujifilm.com