What's new in mammography

European Journal of Radiology
G SimonettiV Giuliani

Abstract

Early diagnosis of breast cancer plays the leading role in reducing mortality rates and improving the patients' prognosis: mammography is the most sensitive technique currently available for the detection of nonpalpable lesions and therefore the method of choice. However, mammography has some limitations and the technique must be improved with technological devices without affecting image quality. This could be the target to increase diagnostic accuracy. Mammography sensitivity and specificity are now improved with the digital computer assisted technique, teleradiology, digital tomosynthesis or digital angiography--used to study microvascularization--3D imaging or synchrotron light, and laser mammography. Such other technological devices as Mammospot reduce breast thickness and provide better breast compression. Digital mammography can be carried out with film or direct digitization. The advantages of the digital technique are a shorter examination time, less storage space, electronic image recording, with image 'adjustments' made by the radiologist, and especially computerized analysis. The computer aided diagnosis can be defined as the diagnosis made by the radiologist who considers the results of computerized analysis as a '...Continue Reading

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