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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Niklason, Loren T.; * | Kopans, Daniel B. | Hamberg, Leena M.
Affiliations: Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Loren Niklason, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Department of Radiology, Radiological Sciences and Technology, Edward's Research 517, 50 Blossom Street, Boston, MA 02114. USA. Tel.: +1 617 726-6757; Fax: +1 617 726-5123; E-mail: [email protected]
Abstract: Advances in the computer technology and the introduction of new digital imaging detectors offer the potential for digital image acquisition and several new mammography techniques, such as tomosynthesis and digital subtraction mammography. Tomosynthesis is a method of obtaining tomographic images of a breast. In tomosynthesis, any number of tomographic planes may be reconstructed from a set of images obtained as the X-ray source is moved in an arc above the breast. By shifting and adding the information obtained at different source positions, any plane of the breast can be brought into a sharp focus, while structures outside this selected plane are blurred. This may lead to improved lesion detection, especially in dense breast tissue. Thus, tomosynthesis may play a role in improving breast cancer screening and lesion characterization. Digital subtraction mammography is a method of breast angiography. It is performed by obtaining a digital radiographic image before, and one or more digital radiographic images after the injection of a contrast agent such as iodine. The pre- and post-contrast images are subtracted, resulting in an image of the vascular structures in the breast. Because breast cancer lesions have increased vascularity, digital subtraction mammography may play an important role in improving lesion detection, characterizing lesions, monitoring response to therapy, and determining lesion extent.Thus, both of these new digital techniques have the potential to address the major limitation of conventional mammography, namely the difficulty in detecting cancer in radiographically dense breasts.
DOI: 10.3233/BD-1998-103-415
Journal: Breast Disease, vol. 10, no. 3-4, pp. 151-164, 1998
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