This easy-to-understand pocketbook in the highly respected Clark’s stable of imaging texts is an invaluable tool and training aid, providing essential information for mammographic positioning, technique and interpretation for mammography practitioners at all levels.
Adopting a systematic and structured approach facilitating rapid reference in the clinical setting, the book covers general principles and all routine mammographic projections, including additional and adapted projections covered in a separate section, and is highly illustrated with clear explanatory line diagrams and imaging photographs.
Clark’s Essential Guide to Mammography is ideal as an educational tool for trainee mammographers, trainee assistant and associate apprenticeship mammographers, mammography training teams and universities delivering mammography education and a convenient clinical guide for practising mammographers, including assistant and associate apprenticeship mammographers.
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Section 1: Key Aspects of Mammography Practice
Anatomy
Positioning Terminology
Quality Control and Quality Assurance
Communication and Consent
Work-Related Musculo-Skeletal Disorders (WRMSD)
Working Practices
Breast Compression
References
Section 2: Routine Mammographic Projections
Routine Projections: Cranio-Caudal (CC)
Routine Projections: Medio-Lateral Oblique (MLO)
Tomosynthesis
The Augmented Breast
References
Section 3: Additional/Modified Mammographic Projections
Additional/Modified Projection: Cranio-Caudal – Laterally Rotated
Additional/Modified Projection: Cranio-Caudal – Medially Rotated
Additional/Modified Projection: Extended Cranio-Caudal
Additional/Modified Projection: Lateral (Medio-Lateral)
Additional/Modified Projection: Lateral (Latero-Medial)
Additional/Modified Projection: Axillary Tail
Additional/Modified Projection: Localised Compression/Paddle
Additional/Modified Projection: Magnified
Stereotactic Procedures
Specimen Tissue Imaging
References
Section 4: Useful Information for Mammographic Practice
Medical Terminology
Reference
Index
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Biography
Claire Mercer PhD, MSc, PGCAP (FHEA), BSc(hons), Head of Radiography, University of Salford, UK.
Claire Borrelli PhD, FETC, HDCR, Clinical Educator, DCR®, Head of Education & Clinical Training, St George’s National Breast Education Centre, London, UK.
‘... a neat, compact guide to mammography practice ... divided into four sections that follow a very logical layout, which is easy to navigate ... Overall, this is a well written and laid out book that is useful as a pocket guide for students and also a reference book for mammographers new to training students. It not only shows the reader how to position for a mammogram but also how not to position ... a book that all students should have access to and a great addition to any department library.’ - Lucie Magilton Griffin, clinical specialist advanced practitioner – breast imaging, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for RAD Magazine.
