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ACR–AAPM–SIIM PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR DETERMINANTS OF IMAGE QUALITY IN MAMMOGRAPHY

PREAMBLE

I.

INTRODUCTION

II.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

A.

Anatomic Coverage

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

B.

Spatial Resolution

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

C.

Contrast resolution

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

D.

Radiographic image noise

III.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE ACQUISITION

E.

Artifiacts in FFDM

IV.

MAMMOGRAPHY IMAGE PROCESSING

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

A.

Hardcopy Printing

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

1.

Luminance Response

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

2.

Contrast

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

3.

Bit depth

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

4.

Digital image matrix size and display size

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

B.

Softcopy Display Devices

5.

Other softcopy display characteristics

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

C.

Image Presentation Issues

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

D.

Computer-aided detection (CAD)

V.

MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY

E.

Reading Environment

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

A.

Mammography Image and Data Types

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

B.

Workstation

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

C.

Archive

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

D.

Image and Data Compression

VI.

TRANSMISSION, STORAGE, AND RETRIEVAL

E.

Legal Challenges

VII.

QUALITY CONTROL RECOMMENDATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

REFERENCES