Dear Breast Imaging Professionals: Are you ready? October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and we all know what that means…schedules will be packed, yet somehow we’ll find room for “add-ons”. We’ll work extra hours, and often wonder if it’s time … Continue reading →
I opened the door and met someone… A young mother just beginning A toddler holds her hand and travels in her footprint Another child sprouts in her womb, while a thief inhabits her breast One of the two is not … Continue reading →
July 2020 Dear Quality Breast Imagers, Do you get this question asked what feels like every other week? Patient: When are they going to come up with a mammogram that don’t squeeze? Technologist: Hopefully one of these days but in … Continue reading →
June 2020 Dear Quality Breast Imagers, Recently there have been some questions regarding measurement of the PNL, particularly on the CC when the pectoralis muscle is visualized. According to the ACR Practice Parameters published in 2017, the ACR does state … Continue reading →
Quality Breast Imagers, I have had several people ask if we should modify positioning techniques for COVID. After discussing with Tammy Coryell, Women’s Health Specialist for Hologic Inc. and several other breast imagers, we think it is best to continue … Continue reading →
It had been four years since I had been to Amman, Jordan. Every two years, I have been invited to speak and teach at the Jordanian Breast Cancer Project’s Conference: Breast Cancer in the Arab Nations, which is co-sponsored by … Continue reading →
It is now October 8th and the schedules are packed for the rest of the month. Some of you will be doing mammograms on evenings and weekends to in an attempt to “accommodate” all that want appointments in October and … Continue reading →
Mammography Educators consultant, Pam Fulmer, took her mammogram positioning expertise to the childhood hometown of Mark Twain earlier this month. Pam snapped these fun photos during her recent trip to Hannibal, Missouri where she helped to train the team at … Continue reading →
When you work in one of the most remote parts of our country, being a great mammography tech means more than producing high quality mammograms. As Mammography Educators consultant Robyn Hadley discovered during her recent visit to Maniilaq Health Center … Continue reading →
On World Cancer Day – and every day – Mammography Educators’ consultants travel throughout the U.S. and Canada to inspire breast imaging specialists to raise their standards of excellence and ultimately contribute to the early detection of breast cancer. It’s … Continue reading →
