Contrast Enhanced Mammography & Contrast Enhanced Mammography: Implementation of a Program & The Technologist’s Role in Breast Imaging Correlation (Block 4, Breast Imaging Education Day)

Contrast Enhanced Mammography & Contrast Enhanced Mammography: Implementation of a Program & The Technologist’s Role in Breast Imaging Correlation (Block 4, Breast Imaging Education Day)

Contrast Enhanced Mammography (CEM)

Presenter: Dr Anat Kornecki 

Learning Objectives:

– Identify the uses of this relatively new tool in breast imaging
– Evaluate the use of MRI versus contrast enhanced mammography
– Discuss future trends in the clinical use of contrast enhanced mammography
– Highlight biopsy options for lesions detected by contrast enhanced mammography alone


Contrast Enhanced Mammography – Implementation of a Program

Presenter: Sandra McFarlane RTR, CBI, CBID 

Learning Objectives:

– Describe the basic physics of contrast mammography
– Understand the requirements needed to start a contrast program
– Outline the steps required to train for IV insertion
– Identify the solutions and challenges of starting a contrast program
– Understand financial considerations of a contrast program
– Review positioning tips for contrast mammography
– Describe steps needed to implement effective contrast biopsy


The Technologist’s Role in Breast Imaging Correlation 

Lisa Dovgalev MRTR, CBIS, ARDMS(BR) 

Learning Objectives:

– Learn how to ask the right questions and communicate pertinent clinical findings using effective language
– Review the fundamentals of localization of mammography findings for ultrasound correlation
– Understand the important role mammography positioning plays in the diagnosis of breast cancer through case studies
– Become a collaborator with sonographers and help answer the question from a callback mammogram

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