Quality Controls in Digital Mammography protocol of the EFOMP Mammo Working group |
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| Institution: | 1. Breast Imaging Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IRCCS), via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padua, Italy;2. Medical Physics Laboratory, University Hospital City Clinic, Oncological Centre, Sofia, Bulgaria;3. IT Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology (IRCCS), Padua, Italy;4. Medical Physics Department, Candelaria University Hospital, Tenerife, Spain;5. Medical Physics, Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain;6. University of Belgrade, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia;7. QUART GmbH and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany;8. Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia;9. Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Sweden;10. National Screening Service, BreastCheck, Galway, Ireland;11. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Italy;12. Leiterin RefZQS – Referenzzentrum für technische Qualitätssicherung im BKFP, Geschäftsfeld Strahlenschutz, Vienna, Austria;13. Department of Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland;14. Guy''s and St Thomas'' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom;15. Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway;p. Sassuolo Hospital, Modena, Italy;q. SC Fisica Sanitaria, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Italy;r. Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;s. Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK;t. Medical Physics Department, ASST Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy;1. National Coordinating Centre for the Physics in Mammography (NCCPM), Level B, St Luke’s Wing, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford GU2 7XX, UK;2. Cambridge Breast Unit, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge & NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, UK;3. Department of Radiology, St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK;4. Jarvis Breast Screening and Diagnostic Centre, Guildford, UK;5. Department of Physics, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, UK;6. Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA;7. Scientific Computing, Department of Medical Physics, Royal Surrey County Hospital, Guildford, UK;1. Department of Life Sciences and Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, P.O. 4 St. Olavs Plass, 0130 Oslo, Norway;2. The Cancer Registry of Norway, P.O. 5313 Majorstuen, 0304 Oslo, Norway;1. Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, PRP-HOM/SER/Unité d’Expertise en Radioprotection médicale, 31 avenue de la Division Leclerc, BP17, 92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France;2. Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20 Rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France;3. Hôpital Jean Verdier, Avenue du 14 Juillet, 93140 Bondy, France;4. Institut Gustave Roussy, 114 Rue Edouard Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France;5. Institut Curie, 26 Rue d''Ulm, 75005 Paris, France;6. Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 Avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France;1. Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Iraq;2. University of Salford, Salford, UK;3. Keele University, Keele, UK;4. Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;1. HUS Medical Imaging Center, Radiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland;2. Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland;3. Päijät-Hämeen Sosiaali- ja Terveysyhtymä, Central Hospital, Radiology, Finland;4. Medical Imaging Centre of Southwest Finland, Turku University Hospital, Finland |
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| Abstract: | This article aims to present the protocol on Quality Controls in Digital Mammography published online in 2015 by the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) which was developed by a Task Force under the Mammo Working Group. The main objective of this protocol was to define a minimum set of easily implemented quality control tests on digital mammography systems that can be used to assure the performance of a system within a set and acceptable range. Detailed step-by-step instructions have been provided, limiting as much as possible any misinterpretations or variations by the person performing. It is intended that these tests be implemented as part of the daily routine of medical physicists and system users throughout Europe in a harmonised way so allowing results to be compared. In this paper the main characteristics of the protocol are illustrated, including examples, together with a brief summary of the contents of each chapter. Finally, instructions for the download of the full protocol and of the related software tools are provided. |
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| Keywords: | Digital mammography Quality control Protocol EFOMP |
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