Imaging Breast Pathology

This course is designed to enhance the candidate’s knowledge of breast anatomy and pathology, breast cancer development and treatments, screening and diagnostic mammography, interventional procedures and adjunctive imaging such as breast ultrasound and MRI. The American College of Radiology Breast Imaging reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) is introduced focussing on the Breast Imaging Lexicon, breast composition, assessment categories and the reporting system. This newly revised comprehensive course provides the practicing mammography technologist with the knowledge to recognize different pathologies of the breast with mammography and introduces the basics of adjunctive modalities.