Objectives

  • Recognize the appearance of equipment introduced artifacts.
  • Recognize the appearance of processor introduced artifacts.
  • Recognize the appearance of patient introduced artifacts.
  • Determine if the artifact is coming from the processor or the mammography unit.
  • Learn about processor pick-off and how to determine if it is pickoff or dust in the cassette.
  • Troubleshoot film screen artifacts.
  • Understand why equipment related artifacts happen.
  • Understand why processor related artifacts happen.
  • Understand why patient related artifacts happen and how to avoid them.