Mammography: A special imaging method in diagnostic radiology. ASSIGNMENT AND INSTRUCTIONS Write a report for the title given above. In your report, please describe the procedure as well as important information regarding issues and solutions to problems found in mammography. This is a formal scientific report, so please use scholarly writing. Your audience is someone that is smart, but not experienced in this field. TOPICS Please ensure your report includes the following topics: What is the problem in breast imaging? What is it that makes imaging the breast difficult and different to conventional x-ray imaging discussed in the lectures? What is the solution? You need to consider the x-ray source(s) used in mammography and why we use them. What filters can be applied, what the filters achieve, and why they are required? What are the differences in the focal spot of a mammographic x-ray source and why we have these differences? Patient positioning. Why the breast is compressed? Image recording including film screen combinations and digital imaging. Compare and contrast both methods with the emphasis on why digital techniques should be the superior imaging modality. What are the levels of spatial and contrast resolution needed and are they achieved? Quality control in mammography What is quality control? What needs to be tested and why? How is this achieved? What alternatives are there to x-ray imaging?