The American College of Radiology Mammography Accreditation Program.

American College of Radiology Mammography Accreditation Program.

The ACR's Mammography Accreditation Program: ten years of experience since MQSA.

The ACR's Mammography Accreditation Program has been helping facilities improve the quality of mammography through peer review and professional feedback since 1987. Initially conceived as a voluntary program, accreditation became mandatory when the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) of 1992 required all U.S. mammography facilities to become accredited and certified by October 1, 1994. Cur...

Which Phantom Is Better for Assessing the Image Quality in Full-Field Digital Mammography?: American College of Radiology Accreditation Phantom versus Digital Mammography Accreditation Phantom

OBJECTIVE To compare between the American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation phantom and digital mammography accreditation phantom in assessing the image quality in full-field digital mammography (FFDM). MATERIALS AND METHODS In each week throughout the 42-week study, we obtained phantom images using both the ACR accreditation phantom and the digital mammography accreditation phantom, a...

Accreditation of diagnostic imaging services in developing countries.

In recent decades, medical imaging has experienced a technological revolution. After conducting several surveys to assess the quality and safety of diagnostic imaging services in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) developed a basic accreditation program that can be implemented by the ministry of health of any developing country. Patterned after the Amer...

Assessment of mammography quality in Istanbul.

PURPOSE We aimed to evaluate the mammography image quality in İstanbul and to survey the awareness of mammography quality. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifty-five mammography units in İstanbul were visited. The mammography image quality was evaluated using a standard American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation phantom. The phantom contained 16 objects, and a score of at least 10 of 16 was acce...