A breast biopsy procedure performed under stereotactic guidance using the ATEC^® breast biopsy system and the MultiCare™ Platinum stereotactic breast biopsy table.

Stereotactic Core Biopsy Programs

In this series, Dr Rafferty presents three Stereotactic Core Biopsy programs. In each of the one-hour online programs Dr Rafferty discusses a different aspect of stereotactic core biopsy, including

Patient Selection and Procedure Fundamentals - factors leading to stereotactic biopsy, progression from FNA to core biopsy, the principle of parallax manifests in stereotactic biopsy and the role of stroke and stroke margin in procedure performance
http://www.worldclasscme.com/courses.php?id=22

Positioning and Targeting - challenging lesion locations, techniques for increasing effective breast thickness, procedure of stereotactic lesion targeting and repositioning of biopsy device if required
http://www.worldclasscme.com/courses.php?id=23

Radiologic-Pathologic Correlation and Auditing Success -principles of concordance and discordance, identification of lesions which may require re-excision after core biopsy, statistics which should be tracked in biopsy practice and appropriate benchmarks for upgrade rate after stereotactic biopsy
http://www.worldclasscme.com/courses.php?id=24

Upon completion of each program, 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits are awarded per program. ASRT Cat A CE credit is pending.