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2023-2024 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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MAM 2001 - Principles of Mammography
Credits: 4
This course will review basic patient care and radiation protection. This course will introduce students with radiography backgrounds to the basic principles behind breast imaging (patient care, instrumentation, anatomy and physiology, technique and evaluation). This course will teach students to operate and utilize digital and conventional mammography equipment to produce images of patients’ breast tissue. This course will prepare graduates to possess the knowledge, skill, and affect to meet the demands of an entry level-position as a mammographer. Theory presented will prepare and qualify students to participate in the ARRT Mammography certification examination.
Prerequisite: Admission to the Mammography Program and must be an American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) certified/registered Radiographer OR Permission of the Middlesex Campus Program Coordinator.
Corequisite: MAM 2094
Previous MAM* 201
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