Preparing patients for the mammography experience; basics of mammography - craniocaudal view, mediolateral view, compression view; modified craniocaudal views - cleavage view, roll view, exaggerated craniocaudal view, axillary tail view, caudocranial view; modified lateral views - 90 degree mediolateral view, 90 degree lateromedial view, lateromedial oblique view, superolateral to inferomedial oblique view, tangential view; a special technique for microcalcifications and small masses - spot compression views without magnification, spot compression views with magnification; visualizing the breast tissue of a mastectomy patient - skin flap view, retromammary view; tips for difficult-to-position patients - cart patients, wheelchair patients, male mammography; preoperative needle localization; patient history and the clinical breast examination; integrity of the mammographic image; mammography artifacts - their causes and cures.
