Screening for dense breasts: digital breast tomosynthesis

SV Destounis, R Morgan… - American journal of …, 2015 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a recent imaging technology that was
developed to address the limitations of conventional 2D mammography. The limitations of …

Initial experience with digital breast tomosynthesis in screening mammography

L Philpotts, M Raghu, M Durand, R Hooley… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - hologic.com
OBJECTIVE To compare the recall rates in a screening population undergoing breast
tomosynthesis combined with digital mammography with those undergoing digital …

Positive predictive value of mammographic features on digital breast tomosynthesis

B Batohi, J Morel, R Wasan, A Iqbal, D Evans… - Breast Cancer …, 2015 - Springer
Methods Women recalled following routine screening mammograms underwent bilateral
2DDM and DBT over an 18-month period. Experienced screening radiologists prospectively …

Overview of tomosynthesis (3D mammography) for breast cancer screening

N Houssami, K Hunter, S Zackrisson - Breast Cancer Management, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
This review of the evidence on digital breast tomosynthesis, a 3D-mammography
technology, for breast cancer (BC) screening describes two types of studies. Prospective …

Detection of masses in digital breast tomosynthesis mammography: Effects of the number of projection views and dose

HP Chan, J Wei, Y Zhang, B Sahiner, L Hadjiiski… - … Workshop, IWDM 2008 …, 2008 - Springer
We are developing a computer-aided detection (CAD) system for masses on digital breast
tomosynthesis mammograms (DBT). A data set of DBT from patients was collected with …

Digital mammography imaging: breast tomosynthesis and advanced applications

MA Helvie - Radiologic Clinics, 2010 - radiologic.theclinics.com
The Achilles heel of screening mammography is the detection of cancer in women with
radiographic dense breasts. Although nearly all cancers will be apparent in fatty breasts …

Detectability comparison of modes in dual-mode digital breast tomosynthesis

T Endo, T Morita, M Oiwa, N Suda, Y Sato, S Ichihara… - Breast Cancer, 2017 - Springer
Background The objectives of this study were:(1) to evaluate the detectability of full-field
digital mammography (FFDM) plus dual-mode digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and …

[HTML][HTML] Breast tomosynthesis: A diagnostic addition to screening digital mammography

RAR El Bakry - The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Comparison between digital mammography alone and with adding digital breast
tomosynthesis in breast cancer screening. Patients & methods 143 females underwent …

Digital breast tomosynthesis: potentially a new method for breast cancer screening

LT Niklason, BT Christian, LE Niklason… - Digital Mammography …, 1998 - Springer
Despite recent advances in mammography imaging, it has been shown that many cancers
are missed by mammography [1–4]. One of the main reasons cancers are missed is that they …

Screening performance of digital breast tomosynthesis vs digital mammography in community practice by patient age, screening round, and breast density

KP Lowry, RY Coley, DL Miglioretti… - JAMA Network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Digital mammography (DM) and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) are used for
routine breast cancer screening. There is minimal evidence on performance outcomes by …