Skin tears in mammography: A narrative review.

Skin tears are classed as traumatic wounds mainly caused by shearing and frictional forces. Incidences of skin tears are noted to be significant mostly in the elderly population and those with fragile and vulnerable skin. Individuals undergoing mammography are susceptible to skin tears due to factors associated with skin breakdown such as thinning of the epidermis, use of steroids, presence of moisture, but this, when compounded with the procedure of mammography can increase the risk further.

An Investigation of Pressure Ulcer Risk, Comfort, and Pain in Medical Imaging.

Introduction: Pressure ulcers present significant trauma to patients and are expensive to manage. In medical imaging (MI), no study has been conducted to rigorously investigate interface pressure (IP) risk on MI table surfaces. IP is defined as the pressure between human body and a supporting surface.

Effective Dose and Effective Risk from Post-Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Imaging of the Lumbar Spine.

Purpose: Planar bone scans play an important role in the staging and monitoring of malignancy and metastases. Metastases in the lumbar spine are associated with significant morbidity; therefore, accurate diagnosis is essential. Supplementary imaging after planar bone scans is often required to characterize lesions; however, this is associated with additional radiation dose.

A free-response evaluation determining value in the computed tomography attenuation correction image for revealing pulmonary incidental findings: a phantom study.

Rationale And Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare lesion-detection performance when interpreting computed tomography (CT) images that are acquired for attenuation correction when performing single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) myocardial perfusion studies. In the United Kingdom, there is a requirement that these images be interpreted; thus, it is necessary to understand observer performance on these images.

Materials And Methods: An anthropomorphic chest phantom with inserted spherical lesions of different sizes and contrasts was scanned on five different SPECT/CT systems using site-specific CT protocols for SPECT/CT myocardial perfusion imaging.

A method to measure paddle and detector pressures and footprints in mammography.

Purpose: Compression is necessary in mammography to improve image quality and reduce radiation burden. Maximizing the amount of breast in contact with the image receptor (IR) is important. To achieve this, for the craniocaudal projection, there is no consensus within the literature regarding how the IR should be positioned relative to the inframammary fold (IMF).

The readout thickness versus the measured thickness for a range of screen film mammography and full-field digital mammography units.

Purpose: To establish a simple method to determine breast readout accuracy on mammography units.

Methods: A thickness measuring device (TMD) was used in conjunction with a breast phantom. This phantom had compression characteristics similar to human female breast tissue.

Quantification of disease activity in patients undergoing leucocyte scintigraphy for suspected inflammatory bowel disease.

Purpose: Whole-body gamma camera counting is an alternative to faecal 111In collection for quantifying disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but requires administration of imaging activities of 111In. The aim of this study was to explore a dedicated whole-body counter which requires 20-fold less activity than gamma camera counting.

Methods: Thirty patients with known or suspected IBD received 99mTc-granulocytes (approximately 200 MBq) and 111In-granulocytes (approximately 0.