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Quality Management for Mammography Equipment and Mammography

유방촬영장치와 유방검사를 위한 품질관리

  • zheng, Hao Yang (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Catholic University) ;
  • Cho, Pyong Kon (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Catholic University) ;
  • Kim, Tae Woo (Department of Radiological Science, Daegu Catholic University) ;
  • Kim, Jung Soo (Department of Radiologic Technology, Chungbuk Health & Science University) ;
  • Jang, Hyon Chol (Department of Radiologic Technology, Suseong University) ;
  • Lee, Mi Hwa (Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
  • 정하오양 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 조평곤 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 김태우 (대구가톨릭대학교 방사선학과) ;
  • 김정수 (충북보건대학 방사선과) ;
  • 장현철 (수성대학교 방사선과) ;
  • 이미화 (강동경희대학교병원 영상의학과)
  • Received : 2018.08.07
  • Accepted : 2018.10.31
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

Mammography using mammography equipment is a method of examination that is being employed most widely to diagnose the early stages of breast cancer. Detecting or diagnosing a fibrous tissue, micro calcification, or mass in the breast is influenced by the quality management of mammography equipment considerably. Particularly in mammography, quality management refers to a behavior of figuring out and correcting all sorts of hindrance factors that can cause all the problems related to the equipment associated with the diminishment of diagnosed area due to the reduction of image quality in clinical imaging in advance and maintaining a consistent level of image quality and obtaining a proper image. Here, these researchers aim to summarize and report the general contents of quality management in mammography using mammography equipment.

유방촬영장치(mammography equipment, ME)을 이용한 유방검사(mammography, MG)의 경우 유방암의 조기진단을 위해 가장 일반적으로 시행되고 있는 검사방법으로 유방 내 섬유화 조직, 미소석회화 및 종양덩어리의 발견과 진단은 유방촬영장치의 품질관리(quality management, QM)에 의해 크게 영향을 받게 된다. 특히, 유방검사에서 품질관리란 장치와 연관된 문제점들이 임상영상에서 영상의 질(image quality, IQ) 저하로 진단영역 축소를 초래할 수 있는 발생가능한 모든 문제점을 사전에 파악하여 교정함으로써 항상 일정수준의 영상의 질을 유지하고 영상을 획득할 수 있게 하는 행위를 의미한다. 이에 본 연구진은 유방촬영장치를 이용한 유방검사의 품질관리에 대한 일반적인 내용을 요약하여 보고 한다.

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