DBT FINAL EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
As of January 1, 2013, what percent of facilities are FFDM? - Answer -88%
If you are a BRAND NEW facility, which step is NOT done before you may examine
patients? - Answer -Notify FDA OK to send MQSA certificate
The ACR does not accept manufacturer specific forms, true or false? - Answer -false
ACR mandates require test specific to DBT to be submitted for reviews, yes or no? -
Answer -No
At thistime, there is not an accreditation body for DBT, true or false? - Answer -true
What AB (accreditation body) currently accredits the Hologic DBT system? - Answer -
None of the above
What AB currently accredits the GE DBT system? - Answer -none of the above
MQSA does not consider DBT a new modality separate from FFDM, true or false? -
Answer -False
In order to use the DBT portion of a unit, the 2D portion of the unit must be accredited
by one of the bodies approved to accredit the 2D unit, true or false? - Answer -true
A facility may begin using the DBT system after ... - Answer -they receive the approval
letter from the FDA
A facility considered to be a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) must be fully
accredited in what? - Answer -Breast US/ Breast biopsy by the ACR, Sterotactic breast
biopsy by the ACR, Mammography by ACR/ FDA approved AB, all of these
Techs must have ___ hours of initial new modality training in DBT, either including or
supplemented by training in the unique features of the specific manufacturer's DBT
system... - Answer -8
An efficient DBT system should require some basic requirements such as... - Answer -
The scan angle should be large enough to provide an adequate depth (3D) resolution
The Oslo Norway DBT Screening Trial results included a 40% increase in the detection
of invasive cancers. True or false? - Answer -true
Compared to supplemental screening options, only mammography has been shown to
decrease mortality rates, true or false? - Answer -true
, Is there legislation in place that requires facilities to report breast density to patients with
fatty breasts? True or false? - Answer -False, women with dense breasts
Digital imaging appeared later in mammo than radiology departments b/c of the high
contrast and resolution requirements for mammo, true or false? - Answer -true
Match the digital detectors with the equipment in this order GE _____ and Hologic
_____ - Answer -GE CsI and Hologic aSe
DBT engineering constraints include detector performance and motion - Answer -true
A unique feature of DBT technology allows a traditional digital mammo and a tomo scan
in the same compression, yes or no. - Answer -Yes
Using the GE Senographe and Hologic Selenia Comparison Chart which machine
integrates a high transmission cellular grid (HTC) - Answer -Hologic Selenia
The GE Senographe DBT system uses tungsten with rhodium and silver filters, true or
false? - Answer -false
Comparing the compression systems of the GE Senographe DBT system and the
Hologic Selenia DBT system, which DBT system appears to offer more features and be
more technologist friendly? Hologic or GE? - Answer -Hologic
In breast tomo, a stationary xray source is used with a moving detector, true or false? -
Answer -flase
The advantages of DBT include...(3) - Answer -Better depiction of the smallest calcs,
borders of lesions better defined, reduces false positive recalls, all of these
Disadvantages of DBT include ____ and _______ ( 2 answers) - Answer -large calcs
cause artifacts, two times the dose of a mammogram
Does the wide or small scan angle provide a shorter scan time? - Answer -small
Which scan angle provides better depth resolution, small or wide? - Answer -wide
Match the number of exposures to the specific DBT system, Giotto ____, GE ___,
Hologic ____, and Siemens ____ - Answer -Giotto 13
GE 9
Hologic 15
Siemens 25
Binning is defined as a virtual combo of 2 or more pixels of the detector matrix, usually
4, true or false? - Answer -true
As of January 1, 2013, what percent of facilities are FFDM? - Answer -88%
If you are a BRAND NEW facility, which step is NOT done before you may examine
patients? - Answer -Notify FDA OK to send MQSA certificate
The ACR does not accept manufacturer specific forms, true or false? - Answer -false
ACR mandates require test specific to DBT to be submitted for reviews, yes or no? -
Answer -No
At thistime, there is not an accreditation body for DBT, true or false? - Answer -true
What AB (accreditation body) currently accredits the Hologic DBT system? - Answer -
None of the above
What AB currently accredits the GE DBT system? - Answer -none of the above
MQSA does not consider DBT a new modality separate from FFDM, true or false? -
Answer -False
In order to use the DBT portion of a unit, the 2D portion of the unit must be accredited
by one of the bodies approved to accredit the 2D unit, true or false? - Answer -true
A facility may begin using the DBT system after ... - Answer -they receive the approval
letter from the FDA
A facility considered to be a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence (BICOE) must be fully
accredited in what? - Answer -Breast US/ Breast biopsy by the ACR, Sterotactic breast
biopsy by the ACR, Mammography by ACR/ FDA approved AB, all of these
Techs must have ___ hours of initial new modality training in DBT, either including or
supplemented by training in the unique features of the specific manufacturer's DBT
system... - Answer -8
An efficient DBT system should require some basic requirements such as... - Answer -
The scan angle should be large enough to provide an adequate depth (3D) resolution
The Oslo Norway DBT Screening Trial results included a 40% increase in the detection
of invasive cancers. True or false? - Answer -true
Compared to supplemental screening options, only mammography has been shown to
decrease mortality rates, true or false? - Answer -true
, Is there legislation in place that requires facilities to report breast density to patients with
fatty breasts? True or false? - Answer -False, women with dense breasts
Digital imaging appeared later in mammo than radiology departments b/c of the high
contrast and resolution requirements for mammo, true or false? - Answer -true
Match the digital detectors with the equipment in this order GE _____ and Hologic
_____ - Answer -GE CsI and Hologic aSe
DBT engineering constraints include detector performance and motion - Answer -true
A unique feature of DBT technology allows a traditional digital mammo and a tomo scan
in the same compression, yes or no. - Answer -Yes
Using the GE Senographe and Hologic Selenia Comparison Chart which machine
integrates a high transmission cellular grid (HTC) - Answer -Hologic Selenia
The GE Senographe DBT system uses tungsten with rhodium and silver filters, true or
false? - Answer -false
Comparing the compression systems of the GE Senographe DBT system and the
Hologic Selenia DBT system, which DBT system appears to offer more features and be
more technologist friendly? Hologic or GE? - Answer -Hologic
In breast tomo, a stationary xray source is used with a moving detector, true or false? -
Answer -flase
The advantages of DBT include...(3) - Answer -Better depiction of the smallest calcs,
borders of lesions better defined, reduces false positive recalls, all of these
Disadvantages of DBT include ____ and _______ ( 2 answers) - Answer -large calcs
cause artifacts, two times the dose of a mammogram
Does the wide or small scan angle provide a shorter scan time? - Answer -small
Which scan angle provides better depth resolution, small or wide? - Answer -wide
Match the number of exposures to the specific DBT system, Giotto ____, GE ___,
Hologic ____, and Siemens ____ - Answer -Giotto 13
GE 9
Hologic 15
Siemens 25
Binning is defined as a virtual combo of 2 or more pixels of the detector matrix, usually
4, true or false? - Answer -true
