A comprehensive text in mammography for radiologic technology and mammographic technology. This title includes content on the increasingly common fundamental technology in digital mammography. It is suitable for technologists in breast imaging, as well as students preparing to enter the field.

UNIT 1: MAMMOGRAPHY - COMMON TOPICS1: History of Mammography2: Background Information and the Need for Screening3: Patient Considerations4: The Mammography Technologist's Expanding Role5: Breast Anatomy and Physiology6: Mammographic Pathology7: Mammographic Positioning8: The Nonconforming Patient9: Thinking in Three Dimensions10: Practical Applications in Problem SolvingUNIT 2: FILM/SCREEN MAMMOGRAPHY11: Analog Mammography Machines, Processors, and Film12: Darkroom and Processing Considerations in Mammography13: Quality Assurance in Film/Screen MammographyUNIT 3: DIGITAL MAMMOGRAPHY14: End of the Road for Analog Mammography?15: Creating the Digital Image16: Digital Integration and Workflow in Mammography17: Quality Assurance for Full Field Digital Mammography18: Non-Imaging Components of the FFDM NetworkUNIT 4: DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES AND BREAST CANCER TREATMENT19: Diagnostic Procedures20: Minimally Invasive Needle Breast Biopsy21: Breast MR22: Breast Cancer Diagnostic Technologies: Today and Tomorrow23: Breast Cancer Therapies

, J.K. -- "This text is the most comprehensive book available for mammographic imaging. I am glad that the currently reviewed chapters on digital mammography, image storage and retrieval, as well as other breast cancer imaging technologies will be incorporated into the upcoming edition."-J.K. Midwestern State University, Sheree Phifer -- "The new chapters are a good update to this textbook. Students should find the material extensive, up-to-date and easy to understand."-Sheree Phifer, Midwestern State University University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Deborah Espen, MSRS, RT (R)(M) -- "I really like the writing style. The chapters are easy to read and understand. This makes it great for technologists. A lot of books are written from the radiologist's point of view and may be harder to understand."-Deborah Espen, MSRS, RT (R)(M), University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center