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Implementation of the 2016 ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual


P Butler

D Pfeiffer
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E Berns




P Butler1*, D Pfeiffer2*, E Berns3*, (1) American College of Radiology, Reston, VA, (2) Boulder Community Health, Boulder, CO, (3) University of Colorado Health Science, Lone Tree, CO

Presentations

10:15 AM : Implementation of the new ACR Digital Mammography Quality Control Manual in ACR Accreditation - P Butler, Presenting Author
10:55 AM : Radiologic Technologist’s Quality Control - D Pfeiffer, Presenting Author
11:35 AM : Medical Physicist’s Mammography Equipment Evaluation and Annual Survey - E Berns, Presenting Author

WE-DE-702-0 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017) 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM Room: 702


The American College of Radiology’s original ACR Committee on Mammography Quality Assurance first published its Mammography Quality Control Manual in 1990 to provide quality control procedures for screen-film mammography. In July 2016, the ACR published the new Digital Mammography Quality Control (QC) Manual. The new manual and Digital Mammography QC Phantom was approved as an alternative standard for use in routine QC of digital mammography equipment. Currently, the FDA requires digital mammography facilities to perform QC for approved imaging systems, according to their respective manufacturers’ quality control manuals. This approval, as an alternative standard, allows mammography facilities, including QC technologists and medical physicists, to use the new ACR manual in lieu of manufacturers’ quality control manuals. The FDA alternative standard specifies that the new manual may be used only for full-field digital mammography systems without advanced imaging capabilities (e.g., tomosynthesis and contrast enhancement). Tomosynthesis QC has been developed for an appendix to the manual. This session describes how to implement the new manual in mammography practice and will explain the new tests and performance criteria.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the mammography quality control tests that are required to be performed by both the mammography QC technologist and the medical physicist.
2. Determine which tests are necessary to perform on repaired or replaced components of mammography equipment before clinical use.
3. Evaluate mammography QC test and survey results to determine if the system meets MQSA or manufacturer requirements.


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