Mammography Exam 3 – Questions and Answers
FDA provides organized, thorough, and easy to understand document sin order to comply
with the MQSA regulations. These documents are on the FDA's Website and are known as: -
-Policy guidance help system
-A measurement that can help determine how well an object is seen in relation to its
surrounding is: - -CNR
-When is digital imaging introduced into the radiology department? When was digital
imaging introduced into the mammography department? - -Early 1980s; 2000
-In September 2005, the results of _____ were released, changing the world of
mammography. - -ACRIN/DMIST
-The interactive process of adjusting the contrast and brightness levels of a digital image is
known as: - -- windowing
- window/level
- adjusting window width and window center
-(T/F) the standard compression device must remain perfectly parallel to the image
receptor during final compression of the breast. Only speciality compression devices are
allowed to tilt. - -True
-(T/F) DBT has difficulty finding cancers in the glandular breast - -False
-The magnification factor permitted under MQSA is: - -Between 1.4 and 2.0 X
-Before a mammography machine is allowed to be used to image a patient, an initial
evaluation of the machine must be completed by the physicist. What is the name of this
acceptance testing? - -Mammography equipment evaluation
-Use of the modality worklist (MWL) supplied by the facility's HIS/RIS is the preferred
method of data input at the AWS: - -To ensure the patient data are entered consistently
and correctly from one year to the next
-The language of computers in the digital mammography department include: - -- DICOM
- HIS/RIS/MIS
- Health level 7
-CAD use by interpreting radiologists has been compared to computer use of: - -spell
checking
-Equipment selection is a trade-off between the following considerations. Which is the
most important?
, - space
- image production
- electrical requirements
- ergonomics - -Image production
-Under MQSA, an adverse event would include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Poor-image quality
b. A QC test not charted before the first patient exam of the day
c. Mammography reports received more than 30 days after the date of the exam
d.Non-credentialed personnel involved in the production of mammography services - -A
QC test not charted before the first patient exam of the day
-The thickness of each height plane in the DBT cine' movie is approximately ___ mm - -1
-The mammography machine IRSD and compression devices are made in which of the
following two standard sizes? - -18 cm x 24 cm and 24 cm x 30 cm
-According to the BIRADS system, category ___ is highly suggestive of a malignancy - -5
-DBT reduces the need for additional images by approximately ____________ % - -40%
-Ghosting artifacts are the result of: - -Incomplete clearing of previous images
-Facilities who lawfully offer mammography services and currently hold the MQSA
certificate reapply to the AB for renewal every ___ years. - -3
-We use the heel effect to our advantage in mammography. The heel effect is oriented: - -
Chest wall-to-nipple
-During the 1970s, the focus in mammography was on: - -reducing the x-ray dose
-during the 1990s, the focus in mammography was on: - -Quality images, quality control,
and quality assurance
-Unlike analog film, digital detectors offer their best performance with harder beams. This
is responsible for the increasing popularity of rhodium and tungsten anodes. Use of these
metals results in: - -an enriched signal reaching the pixels
-It is recommended that digital copies be stored in all of the following formats, except:
- off-site servers
FDA provides organized, thorough, and easy to understand document sin order to comply
with the MQSA regulations. These documents are on the FDA's Website and are known as: -
-Policy guidance help system
-A measurement that can help determine how well an object is seen in relation to its
surrounding is: - -CNR
-When is digital imaging introduced into the radiology department? When was digital
imaging introduced into the mammography department? - -Early 1980s; 2000
-In September 2005, the results of _____ were released, changing the world of
mammography. - -ACRIN/DMIST
-The interactive process of adjusting the contrast and brightness levels of a digital image is
known as: - -- windowing
- window/level
- adjusting window width and window center
-(T/F) the standard compression device must remain perfectly parallel to the image
receptor during final compression of the breast. Only speciality compression devices are
allowed to tilt. - -True
-(T/F) DBT has difficulty finding cancers in the glandular breast - -False
-The magnification factor permitted under MQSA is: - -Between 1.4 and 2.0 X
-Before a mammography machine is allowed to be used to image a patient, an initial
evaluation of the machine must be completed by the physicist. What is the name of this
acceptance testing? - -Mammography equipment evaluation
-Use of the modality worklist (MWL) supplied by the facility's HIS/RIS is the preferred
method of data input at the AWS: - -To ensure the patient data are entered consistently
and correctly from one year to the next
-The language of computers in the digital mammography department include: - -- DICOM
- HIS/RIS/MIS
- Health level 7
-CAD use by interpreting radiologists has been compared to computer use of: - -spell
checking
-Equipment selection is a trade-off between the following considerations. Which is the
most important?
, - space
- image production
- electrical requirements
- ergonomics - -Image production
-Under MQSA, an adverse event would include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Poor-image quality
b. A QC test not charted before the first patient exam of the day
c. Mammography reports received more than 30 days after the date of the exam
d.Non-credentialed personnel involved in the production of mammography services - -A
QC test not charted before the first patient exam of the day
-The thickness of each height plane in the DBT cine' movie is approximately ___ mm - -1
-The mammography machine IRSD and compression devices are made in which of the
following two standard sizes? - -18 cm x 24 cm and 24 cm x 30 cm
-According to the BIRADS system, category ___ is highly suggestive of a malignancy - -5
-DBT reduces the need for additional images by approximately ____________ % - -40%
-Ghosting artifacts are the result of: - -Incomplete clearing of previous images
-Facilities who lawfully offer mammography services and currently hold the MQSA
certificate reapply to the AB for renewal every ___ years. - -3
-We use the heel effect to our advantage in mammography. The heel effect is oriented: - -
Chest wall-to-nipple
-During the 1970s, the focus in mammography was on: - -reducing the x-ray dose
-during the 1990s, the focus in mammography was on: - -Quality images, quality control,
and quality assurance
-Unlike analog film, digital detectors offer their best performance with harder beams. This
is responsible for the increasing popularity of rhodium and tungsten anodes. Use of these
metals results in: - -an enriched signal reaching the pixels
-It is recommended that digital copies be stored in all of the following formats, except:
- off-site servers
