Mammography CA State Boards (Pt.6) Exam Questions And Answers 2025/2026 |Guaranteed Pass

Mammography CA State Boards (Pt.6) Exam Questions And Answers 2025/2026 |Guaranteed Pass What are the different breast imaging modality options? - answer-Mammography - Screening (2D, DBT/3D) - Diagnostic Breast ultrasound Breast MRI Sentinel node mapping What are the limitations of 2D mammography? - answer-- summation artifact/superimposed tissue (compression also causes overlap of breast tissue) - malignancies can be hidden in glandular tissue - false positives/false negatives - even with FFDM (full field digital mammography), imaging is limited to 2D image of any position taken What constitutes a "false negative" mammogram? - answer-If breast cancer is found & diagnosed within 1 year of an initial "negative" screening What does "DBT" stand for? - answer-Digital Breast Tomosynthesis _ _ _% to _ _ _% of breast cancers are not detected at screening when using 2D mammography - answer-15-30% DBT can find _ _ _% more invasive breast cancers - answer-41%How does DBT lower patient dose? - answer-3D & 2D images don't need to both be taken; you can obtain a 2D image from the 3D (less exposures = less exposure to patient) What imaging modality is described by the following?: - takes multiple images of each breast from many angles - patient positioned same as 2D mammogram - images are perpendicular to the beam - images are parallel to detector - x-ray tube moves in an arc across the breast while multiple images are taken (4-27 second exam) - answer-DBT (Digital Breast Tomosynthesis) / 3D What does "Tomo-" mean? - answer-cut/slice _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are the angles in degrees from the negative to the positive side - answer-projections _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are the number of images created from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to create the 3D mammogram - answer-slices, projections _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are the number of images created from the projections to create the 3D mammogram - answer-slices What is the difference between projections vs. slices? - answer-PROJECTIONS are the angles in degrees from the negative to positive side (there are the images initially taken, set by vender) vs. SLICES are the # of images created from the projections to create the 3D mammogram (dependent on how much the breast is compressed in mm) _ _ _ _ _ are created from projections - answer-slices