Organisational aspects of mammography screening in digital settings: first experiences of Luxembourg
| Autor: | J. M. Schanck, M. C. Wagnon, A. Scharpantgen, M. Ben Daoud, C. Back, F. Shannoun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Digital mammography Quality Assurance Health Care Luxembourg media_common.quotation_subject Breast Neoplasms Flat panel Breast cancer screening Breast cancer Medicine Humans Mass Screening Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical physics Quality (business) media_common Gynecology Radiation Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health General Medicine medicine.disease Radiographic Image Enhancement Workflow Early Diagnosis Female Mammography screening business Quality assurance Mammography |
| Zdroj: | Radiation protection dosimetry. 129(1-3) |
| ISSN: | 0144-8420 |
| Popis: | Luxembourg has been conducting a breast cancer screening programme since 1992, like a large number of other European countries, as early detection and treatment of breast cancer have been proven to reduce mortality. The majority of these screening programmes are based on analogue X-ray technology and have optimised their organisation of transporting, archiving and reading with respect to films. Last decade is marked by enormous developments in digital mammography. Different technologies such as flat panel-, computed radiography- and scanning systems became available. Digital mammography is expected to have a major impact on quality and organisation of breast cancer screening programmes. Screening programmes are now faced with a huge challenge of incorporating the digital technology, including implementation of electronic image exchange, conception of new electronic workflow, establishing adapted quality assurance programmes and training of radiologists and technical personnel. Initial experiences of the Luxembourg approach in organising digital mammography screening and its quality assurance are reported. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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