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Practical Mammography

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Positioning a client for a mammogram takes a great deal of skill and expertise. Practitioners are required to master a high standard of reproducible positioning skills; incorporating effective compression together with excellent client communication skills. It is deemed essential that practitioners master the art of continual high quality imaging. For any screening and symptomatic service, mammogram images are compared for subtle changes and practitioners need to ensure their images are of high quality and consistent with their peers.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to pay wholehearted thanks to the professional photographer Gill Brett for her enthusiasm, dedication and commitment without which the photographs within this chapter would not have been possible. We would like to thank our ‘staff volunteers’ from the University Hospital of South Manchester who gave up their valuable time to pose for the images. Last but certainly not least, the mammography team within the Nightingale Centre, in particular Tina Dunn and Frances Showman for their invaluable knowledge and assistance.

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  1. Breast Imaging, The Nightingale Centre & Genesis Prevention Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital South Manchester, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M27 9LT, UK

    Claire E. Mercer

  2. Training and Education Lead, Breast Imaging, The Nightingale Centre & Genesis Prevention Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital South Manchester, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M27 9LT, UK

    Catherine A. Hill

  3. Breast Imaging, The Nightingale Centre & Genesis Prevention Centre, Wythenshawe Hospital, University Hospital South Manchester, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M27 9LT, UK

    Allison Kelly (Senior Mammographer)

  4. Breast Care Unit, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, Ashton Road, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4RP, UK

    Helen L. Smith

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  1. University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

    Peter Hogg

  2. Breast Care Unit, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, United Kingdom

    Judith Kelly

  3. The Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital,, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Claire Mercer

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Mercer, C.E., Hill, C.A., Kelly, A., Smith, H.L. (2015). Practical Mammography. In: Hogg, P., Kelly, J., Mercer, C. (eds) Digital Mammography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_21

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