MAM 103 - Digital Mammography

Class Hours: 1 Lab Hours: 0 Clinic/WkExp Hours: 0 Credit Hours: 1

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None
Local Prerequisite: Enrollment in the Mammography program
Local Corequisite: None

This course is a comprehensive study of digital mammography. Topics include producing digital mammograms, understanding image processing, display, archive, and communication techniques, and determining proper image quality, radiation dose, and quality control procedures. Upon completion students should be able to demonstrate the concepts of digital imaging, the process to produce digital mammograms, and the establishment of QC procedures.