Radiological Protection of Patients (Medical Exposure)
Task 4
Survey of mammography practice from the optimization of radiation
protection viewpoint and optimization in mammography.
Form 1.2
Corrective actions and again collection of image quality data
Make corrective actions according to the image grading of the radiologist. (e.g.:
exposure data, film processing, kVp-setting according to the European quality criteria,
etc.). Then again perform a rejection and image grading as done before. Again:
the Radiologist should fill in the following forms.
Task4 form 1.3 REPORT
Country
Hospital
e-mail address of responsible person
Room
Date
List corrective actions you performed
Cranial-caudal Projection:
Cause of poor image quality
Number
%
Number
%
Over & under exposure
Artefacts
Breast misplacement
Skin structure (rosettes from pores) along pectorals
muscle – visually not sharp reproduced
Vascular structures (seen through most dense
parenchyma)
Medial breast tissue – visually not sharp reproduced
All vessels and fibrous strands, pectoral muscle
margin – visually not sharp reproduced
Total
Medio-lateral-oblique Projection:
Cause of poor image quality
Over & under exposure
Artefacts
Skin structure (rosettes from pores)- visually not sharp
reproduced
All vessels and fibrous strands & pectoral muscle
margin-visually not sharp reproduced
Cranial-lateral glandular tissue- visually not sharp
reproduced
Total
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