title: Comparison of results from quality control of physical parameters and results from clinical evaluation of mammographic images for the mammography screening facilities in Poland.
abstract: The material for this study comprised control protocols from 248 mammography screening facilities, prepared by physicists employed at 16 Regional Coordinating Centres and the results from the clinical evaluation of mammographic images in 248 facilities in Poland. All mammograms were evaluated independently by three experts selected from a list approved by the national consultant of radiology and diagnostic imaging. The requirements for proper breast positioning, selection of appropriate parameters for exposure and absence of artefacts were fulfilled only in 38 % of inspected mammography facilities. The requirements of the clinical audit were met only in 15 % of the mammography facilities. The requirements for the physical parameters of mammographic equipment were met only in 28 % of them. The requirements of the quality control (QC) tests and clinical audit were not fulfilled only in 19 % of the mammography facilities. Results from the QC of physical parameters are comparable with results from clinical evaluation of mammographic images in 57 % of the mammography facilities in Poland.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, The Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, 5 WK Roentgena Str, 02-781 Warsaw, Poland. e.fabiszewska@zfm.coi.pl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fabiszewska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grabska
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jankowska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wesolowska
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bulski
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008327:Mammography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D008403:Mass Screening; D056888:Patient Positioning; D011044:Poland; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D011829:Radiation Dosage