Mammography Exam Detailed Questions Completed With A+ Graded Answers
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______ is the radiologic examination of the breast and is used for the early detection of cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER Mammography
Mammography requires imaging of small high-contrast ______, and large low-contrast ______? - CORRECT ANSWER calcifications, masses
______ of fat, glandular tissue...
Mammography Exam Detailed Questions Completed
With A+ Graded Answers
______ is the radiologic examination of the breast and is used for the early detection of
cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER Mammography
Mammography requires imaging of small high-contrast ______, and large low-contrast
______? - CORRECT ANSWER calcifications, masses
______ of fat, glandular tissue, fibrous tissue, and cancerous tissue is very similar? -
CORRECT ANSWER Differential absorption
Very small ______ are associated with cancer? - CORRECT ANSWER
microcalcifications
The federal _______ sets strict guidelines to ensure high quality mammographic
examinations? - CORRECT ANSWER Mammographic Quality Standards ACT
(MQSA)
Mammography uses ______ kVp values, in the range from ______? - CORRECT
ANSWER low, 20-40 kVp
Low kVp serves to ______ differential absorption and improve ______? - CORRECT
ANSWER increases, subject contrast
Early detection of breast cancer can lead to cure rates as high as ______? - CORRECT
ANSWER 90%
Mammography was first performed in the ______ and continued to the ______ with
poor quality? - CORRECT ANSWER 1920s-1960s
Who is credited with being the first to use direct exposure low kVp high mAs imaging? -
CORRECT ANSWER Dr. Robert Egan
With mammography direct exposure required very high ______? - CORRECT
ANSWER mAs
First dedicated mammography units were introduced in late _____? - CORRECT
ANSWER 1960s
What organization developed an accreditation program to set standards for
mammography? - CORRECT ANSWER ACR
In _____ the ACR developed an accreditation program to set standards for
mammography? - CORRECT ANSWER 1987
, In _____, the federal government enacted MQSA to establish standards for facilities? -
CORRECT ANSWER 1994
In early 2000, ______ was approved for sale in the U.S? - CORRECT ANSWER digital
mammography
What are 2 types of examinations in mammography? - CORRECT ANSWER
Screening mammography, Diagnostic mammography
_______ examination is performed on symptomatic women, or women whose screening
demonstrates suspicious areas that need further evaluation. - CORRECT ANSWER
Diagnostic mammography
______ examination can include magnification images, spot compression, and more? -
CORRECT ANSWER Diagnostic mammography
_______ performed on asymptomatic women using the craniocaudad and mediolateral
oblique views? - CORRECT ANSWER Screening mammography
Which examination is performed yearly on women 40 years of age with family hx and for
women age 50 with no family hx? - CORRECT ANSWER Screening mammography
______ units produce high resolution and high contrast images with moderate radiation
exposure? - CORRECT ANSWER dedicated mammography untit
Why and where is the cathode from the mammography x-ray tube placed over? -
CORRECT ANSWER the chest wall, to take advantage of the heel effect
What is the cathode filament made of? - CORRECT ANSWER tungsten
The cathode has a _____ filament used for large and small focus? - CORRECT
ANSWER Bias focusing
The anode from the mammography x-ray tube is made of ______ target which helps to
produce low energy x-rays? - CORRECT ANSWER Molybdenum
Is the anode target angle greater or lesser in the mammography x-ray tube than the
standard tube? - CORRECT ANSWER greater
What is the range of the anode angle? - CORRECT ANSWER 22-24 degrees
The molybdenum anode produces ______ x-rays with energies of ______? -
CORRECT ANSWER k-characteristic, 17.4 to 19.9 keV
This range of x-rays helps to maximize ______ and to visualize microcalcifications? -
CORRECT ANSWER subject contrast
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