Dear friend & colleague,
On December 22nd another masterclass titled ‘Digging deeper: The why behind a quality control protocol and how to adapt to varying realities’ is organized by EFOMP-EUTEMPE. Participation is free, you only need to register in advance at:
https://www.efomp.org/index.php?r=pages&id=webinars
Abstract:
During this masterclass, the philosophy and rationale behind individual quality control tests in mammography will be explained and the origin of their limiting values will be discussed. In some cases, it is possible that specific QC tests cannot be performed as described on some mammography systems due to the special design of the system or the working of its automatic exposure control. In these cases, testing needs to be adapted, for which understanding of the philosophy behind the proposed QC methods and limiting values is essential. How to adapt QC tests, in line with the philosophy behind the protocol, will be explained, and how to completely setup new QC tests for new features or system designs which were not foreseen in the protocol will be discussed. In some situations, limitation in resources (either human, time, or financial) may not allow for the performance of all measurements called for in QC protocols. How to adapt to these situations will be discussed, including an overview of which measurements are most crucial to guarantee the correct workings of the mammography unit and should be given priority.
Ruben van Engen works as a physics consultant at LRCB, the Dutch Expert Centre for Screening. He coordinated the work on the physics chapters of the European Guidelines in mammography, its Supplement, and in EUREF. He is chair of the EFOMP WG to develop a QC protocol for DBT systems, member of the Guidelines Development Group of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, and member of several AAPM task groups.
Ioannis Sechopoulos is an Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Imaging of the Radboud University Medical Center, where he heads the Advanced X-ray Tomographic Imaging (AXTI) laboratory, and is a scientific advisor of the Dutch Expert Center for Screening (LRCB). His main area of research is the development of advanced x-ray-based imaging techniques, especially for breast cancer detection, diagnosis and therapy response monitoring.