1.Radiological examination of the breast, used to screen for or evaluate tumors and other abnormalities. 2.The procedure performed to produce a mammogram. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Publish...
Digital breast tomosynthesis: a comparison of the accuracy of digital breast tomosynthesis, two-dimensional digital mammography and two-dimensional screening mammography (film-screen) Breast Cancer Res. 2009; 11 (Suppl 2):O1.Michell M, et al. Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: A Comparison of the ...
Friedewald and coauthors conducted a retrospective analysis of screening performance metrics to determine if addition of tomosynthesis to digital
The purpose of this study is to develop a new method for generating synthesized mammogram (SM) from digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and to assess its potential as an adjunct to DBT. We first applied multiscale bilateral filtering to the reconstructed DBT slices to enhance the high-frequency ...
To determine which modalities [2D mammography (2D), digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), whole breast sonography (WBS)] are optimal for screening depending on breast density. Institutional retrospective cohort study of 2013 screening mammograms (16,789), sorted by modalities and density. Cancer detecti...
Here we present an annotation-efficient deep learning approach that (1) achieves state-of-the-art performance in mammogram classification, (2) successfully extends to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT; '3D mammography'), (3) detects cancers in clinically negative prior mammograms of patients with ...
The 3D full-field digital mammography tomosynthesis segment is anticipated to register the fastest CAGR of 10.74% over the forecast period. This technology is nascent in screening, however, it is increasingly common in diagnosis. The majority of research studies indicate that 3D mammography is more ...
Digital Breast Tomosynthesis benefits all women, regardless of breast density, size, or age. All women over 40 should have an annual mammogram. If you would like your annual mammogram to include 3D Mammography, please request it when you schedule your appointment. ...
The Colorado-Massachusetts screening trial was performed between 1997 and 2000 using a prototype unit made by General Electric [17], [18]. Each of the 6768 subjects in this trial underwent both a film mammogram and a digital mammogram. The resulting images were then read independently by a ...
Images in a 49-year-old woman with an advanced cancer diagnosed at screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) after a negative two-dimensional digital mammogram (DM) 20 months prior. (a) Bilateral DM images obtained as part of DM/DBT study. The breasts are heterogeneously dense but no abnor...