MTMI Basic Positioning CC MLO Views Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+).docx

MTMI: Basic Positioning CC/MLO
Views Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
2 Standard views: -
correct answer ✅CC
MLO


What is the hanging protocol of images: (2) -
correct answer ✅lateral always up
both breast mirror each other


central ray enters on cc view -
correct answer ✅superiorly (crania)- exits caudal


central ray enters on MLO view -
correct answer ✅superomedial inferolateral


Proper positioning is important because? (3) -
correct answer ✅Capture optimum breast tissue with the most
amount of patient comfort
Ensures you do not miss a possible cancer
Communicates to the radiologist exactly where a lesion is located

, MTMI: Basic Positioning CC/MLO
Views Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
What are some positioning challenges? -
correct answer ✅Patient cooperation, PT habitus
Thickness of new digital equipment


What are solutions for positioning challenges? -
correct answer ✅develop a routine
explain to your patient what you are doing to earn their
trust/cooperation
give your patient control
know the mobile part of the breast and move them properly


What are the fixed anatomical borders of the breast? (2) -
correct answer ✅Medial
Superior


What are the mobile anatomical borders? -
correct answer ✅Lateral
Inferior