Digital tomosynthesis: a new future for breast imaging?
Clin Radiol
; 68(5): e225-36, 2013 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23465326
ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to review the major limitations in current mammography and to describe how these may be addressed by digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT). DBT is a novel imaging technology in which an x-ray fan beam sweeps in an arc across the breast, producing tomographic images and enabling the production of volumetric, three-dimensional (3D) data. It can reduce tissue overlap encountered in conventional two-dimensional (2D) mammography, and thus has the potential to improve detection of breast cancer, reduce the suspicious presentations of normal tissues, and facilitate accurate differentiation of lesion types. This paper reviews the latest studies of this new technology. Issues including diagnostic efficacy, reading time, radiation dose, and level of compression; cost and new innovations are considered.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Breast Neoplasms
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Mammography
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Radiographic Image Enhancement
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Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Radiol
Year:
2013
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Australia