Positioning
The ________ projection best visualizes the posterior and upper-outer quadrant of the breast.
CC
MLO
LM
FB
MLO
A visible change of the breast where the skin takes the appearance of an orange peel.
Peau d' orange
A dedicated stereotactic biopsy table requires the patient to be positioned:
Prone
The thickness of each height plane in a DBT slice is approximately __________ mm.
5
1
2
8
1mm
BONUS: When Radiologist uses "slabbing", how many mm is a "slab" and what is "slabbing" used to best visualize in DBT?
15-20
The ___________ view may be necessary to image extreme medial lesions.
Cleavage view
Rolled lateral
Rolled medial
Axillary view
Cleavage view
A ____________ projection will reveal the true characteristics of milk of calcium.
lateral (LM/ML)
A procedure that requires two digital radiographs to be acquired from two different angles in order to calculate the angle and the depth needed for needle placement describes:
stereotactic biopsy
DBT reduces the need for additional images by approximately __________%.
40
The base of the breast and the apex describe which of the following?
Base - tissue adjacent to the chest wall
Apex - nipple
Magnification imaging typically involves what type of grid?
No grid.
The staging system for cancer ranges from 0 to:
IV (4)
Prior to beginning the wire localization procedure, an important modification to the mammography machine is to:
Set a manual technique
Install the magnification platform
Deactivate the automatic compression release function
Increase the force of compression
Deactivate the automatic compression release function
The technologist always evaluates the image for motion. Which set of images is used for this artifact evaluation in 3D imaging?
Projection Images
The primary way that cancer cells find their way through to other parts of the body is the ______ system.
Lymphatic
A 3 o'clock lesion in the right breast would be best visualized with:
RL
CC
LM
ML
ML
A benign condition of the breast characterized as a fluid-filled sac is called a ________ .
Cyst
The two methods used to survey the status of the axillary lymph nodes are:
Axillary node dissection and sentinel lymph node dissection
One disadvantage of breast tomosynthesis using combo imaging is increased ________.
sensitivity
specificity
patient motion
callbacks
patient motion
The breast is primarily drained via the axillary lymph node basin. What are the other routes?
The axillary basin is the only route
Thoracic and cervical outlet
Internal mammary and supraclavicular regions
Pectoralis major and minor fascia
Internal mammary and supraclavicular regions
When imaging small breasts and you have a patient who has a deep hollow, you can _____ the angle of the detector on the MLO. The other thing you can do if that does not work is to do a _____.
Increase; LMO
Decrease; FB
Increase; FB
Decrease; CC
Increase; LMO
If calcifications are not clearly benign or malignant, how do you classify them?
Indeterminate
A palpable lesion located at 7:00 in the right breast would be placed in which position for a wire localization?
CC
ML
Both CC and ML
Neither CC and ML
Facilities are required to maintain mammography reports and images for
3 years
5 or 10 years
The lifetime of the patient
7 years
5 or 10 years
Breast tissue density is a radiological term that refers to
The appearance of fibroglandular tissue on the mammographic image.
The supportive structure in the breast, as well as the ductal system.
Fatty tissue is virtually transparent to x-rays and appears black on a mammogram, and fibroglandular, or dense, tissue appears white.
All of the above.
All of the above.