Studio Venues, Birmingham. 09th November 2017

The following presentations were made at the 2017 Birmingham meeting of UKMPG.

Morning session

• 37th UKMPG meeting - Welcome to Birmingham - Peter McGookin, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Measurement of effective detective quantum efficiency for a photon counting scanning mammography system and comparison with two flat panel full-field digital mammography systems - Tim Wood, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
• Variation in Radiation Output of the Philips Microdose L30 Mammography System - Georgina Grundy, UHCW NHS Trust
• Overview of the breast screening programmes in different countries - Andrea Shemilt, Nottingham University Hospitals
• Presentation about the problems associated with measuring contrast-to-noise ratio on Hologic Dimensions Tomosynthesis units - Dr Kevin Robson, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Development of 'in-house' software for the storage and analysis of routine Radiographer QA results in the Humberside Breast Screeing progamme - Tim Wood, Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Afternoon session

• The impact of NPS and MTF on CDMAM results - John Loveland, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
• Threshold diameters for detection of lesions in synthetic 2D, planar and DBT images using 4AFC technique for Siemens inspiration - Sukhmanjit Kaur, NCCPM, Royal Surrey County Hospital
• Changes to the function of Siemens OPDOSE that affect QA testing methodology - Marcus Blunkett, East Kent Hospitals Universtity NHS Foundation Trust
• Raysafe X2 results with Hologic Units - Ed McDonagh, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
• ImageJ NCCPM tomo tools tutorial - Alistair Mackenzie, NCCPM, Royal Surrey County Hospital

Round table items

• Interesting artifacts (popcorn clusters and other high density features) - Katherine Schofield, Health Facilities Scotland
• Misleading auto analysis results for CDMAM, System failing CDMAM test but actually no significant problems - John Loveland, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Posters

• Question of the day - Andrea Shemilt / Maria Robinson, Nottingham University Hospitals
• Dose and image quality measurements for contrast-enhanced dual energy mammography systems - Jenny Oduko, NCCPM, Royal Surrey County Hospital

Business meeting items

• Treasurer's Account Report
• Website & mailing list Report

(Last updated 15 November 2018)