Mammography Boards Study 2025 Test
The criteria for a properly positioned MLO projection include: - ✔️
✔ Correct Answer the pectoral muscle should be wide superiorly
with a convex anterior border and should extend to or below the
posterior nipple line PNL, fat visualized posterior to the fibroglandular
tissues and an open IMF
A benign inflammatory condition of the lactiferous ducts leading to
nipple discharge, nipple inversion or periareolar sepsis is called - ✔️
✔ Correct Answer Ductal ectasia
The cells lining the alveoli in lobules are called - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer epithelial cells
Smaller pixels will result in - ✔️✔ Correct Answer higher spatial
resolution
,The detector elements, DELs, are located within the - ✔️✔
Correct Answer thin film transistor, TFT
What is a purpose of half field geometry? - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer To ensure that the x-ray field does not extend into the chest
wall
What physicist test is performed to verify that SNR of the detector is
consistent? - ✔️✔ Correct Answer AEC
Test on beam quality assessment, half-value layer measurement, is
performed by the - ✔️✔ Correct Answer Medical physicist
In quality control, the standards refer to - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer reference calibrations or measurements to check accuracy
The person responsible for overseeing all the activities of the
mammography and the medical physicist is - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer Radiologist
,QC duties of the mammography include testing or monitoring of all
the following except - ✔️✔ Correct Answer Collimation
assessment
The ability of an xray tube to always produce the same intensity of
radiation when the same set of technical factors is used to make an
exposure is called - ✔️✔ Correct Answer exposure reciprocity
The MQSA standards were enacted - ✔️✔ Correct Answer To
address the poor quality of mammograms that were available
The person responsible for performing evaluations of and generating
reports on the mammography unit is the - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer medical physicist
A test used to determine whether the time of exposure indicated by
the control panel is the same as that delivered by the xray tube is
performed by the - ✔️✔ Correct Answer physicist
, In analog imaging, AEC failure, resulting in an underexposed film, can
be caused by - ✔️✔ Correct Answer improper placement of the
AEC detector
During the reading process, the light emitted from PSP,
photostimulable phosphor, is collected by - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer PMT, photomultiplier tube
The photostiumulable phosphor reader functions to - ✔️✔
Correct Answer scan, read, and erase the exposed PSP
In the PSP reader, the photomultiplier tube - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer collects blue/purple light given off by trapped electrons
The latent image on PSP can last several hours but will lose - ✔️✔
Correct Answer 25% of its energy in 8 hours
Disadvantages of PSP or computers mammography include - ✔️✔
Correct Answer lower spatial resolution, PSP's sensitivity to
radiation
The criteria for a properly positioned MLO projection include: - ✔️
✔ Correct Answer the pectoral muscle should be wide superiorly
with a convex anterior border and should extend to or below the
posterior nipple line PNL, fat visualized posterior to the fibroglandular
tissues and an open IMF
A benign inflammatory condition of the lactiferous ducts leading to
nipple discharge, nipple inversion or periareolar sepsis is called - ✔️
✔ Correct Answer Ductal ectasia
The cells lining the alveoli in lobules are called - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer epithelial cells
Smaller pixels will result in - ✔️✔ Correct Answer higher spatial
resolution
,The detector elements, DELs, are located within the - ✔️✔
Correct Answer thin film transistor, TFT
What is a purpose of half field geometry? - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer To ensure that the x-ray field does not extend into the chest
wall
What physicist test is performed to verify that SNR of the detector is
consistent? - ✔️✔ Correct Answer AEC
Test on beam quality assessment, half-value layer measurement, is
performed by the - ✔️✔ Correct Answer Medical physicist
In quality control, the standards refer to - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer reference calibrations or measurements to check accuracy
The person responsible for overseeing all the activities of the
mammography and the medical physicist is - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer Radiologist
,QC duties of the mammography include testing or monitoring of all
the following except - ✔️✔ Correct Answer Collimation
assessment
The ability of an xray tube to always produce the same intensity of
radiation when the same set of technical factors is used to make an
exposure is called - ✔️✔ Correct Answer exposure reciprocity
The MQSA standards were enacted - ✔️✔ Correct Answer To
address the poor quality of mammograms that were available
The person responsible for performing evaluations of and generating
reports on the mammography unit is the - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer medical physicist
A test used to determine whether the time of exposure indicated by
the control panel is the same as that delivered by the xray tube is
performed by the - ✔️✔ Correct Answer physicist
, In analog imaging, AEC failure, resulting in an underexposed film, can
be caused by - ✔️✔ Correct Answer improper placement of the
AEC detector
During the reading process, the light emitted from PSP,
photostimulable phosphor, is collected by - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer PMT, photomultiplier tube
The photostiumulable phosphor reader functions to - ✔️✔
Correct Answer scan, read, and erase the exposed PSP
In the PSP reader, the photomultiplier tube - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer collects blue/purple light given off by trapped electrons
The latent image on PSP can last several hours but will lose - ✔️✔
Correct Answer 25% of its energy in 8 hours
Disadvantages of PSP or computers mammography include - ✔️✔
Correct Answer lower spatial resolution, PSP's sensitivity to
radiation
