MAMMOGRAPHY - Pt 2 EQUIPMENT LECTURE & more….. RTEC 255 Week # 3 D. CHARMAN, M.Ed.,R.T.(R,M)
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MAMMOGRAPHY- Pt 2
EQUIPMENTLECTURE & more…..
RTEC 255 RTEC 255
Week # 3Week # 3
D. CHARMAN, M.Ed.,R.T.(R,M)D. CHARMAN, M.Ed.,R.T.(R,M)
A mammogram can find breast cancer when A mammogram can find breast cancer when it is very small -- 2 to 3 years before you it is very small -- 2 to 3 years before you can feel it.can feel it.
No screening tool is 100% effective. Good No screening tool is 100% effective. Good quality mammograms can find 85-90% of quality mammograms can find 85-90% of cancerscancers
Mammogram
Soft Tissue RadiographySoft Tissue Radiography low subject contrast low subject contrast
low kvp – more PE low kvp – more PE
Left breast (L) contains an irregular carcinoma that is producing considerable spiculation, nipple retraction (arrow), and skin thickening. Right breast (R) contains
fibroadenoma.
28-year-old woman 4 months postpartum and not breast-feeding.
The right breast contains a large mass (arrow) palpable on physical
examination. The left breast contains two smaller nonpalpable masses (arrows) with microcalcifications. All three lesions were breast cancers.