If your boobs have more fibrous tissue than fat, they're considered dense - and tough to read on a mammo. New legislation aims to make sure you know that.
it is known to be limited in women with dense breast tissue,” said Kelly Myers, MD, Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University. “MammoCAT technology could allow for future technical advancements that have the po...
Each year, more than 250,000 women in the United States learn that they have breast cancer, and more than 45,000 die from the disease. Roughly half of all women experience a mammogram-related cancer scare in their lifetimes. These false positives require biopsies on suspicious masses that eve...
typically top to bottom and side to side. Standard mammograms are very effective, but are limited by dense breasts and overlapping tissue. Digital tomosynthesis overcomes these issues by taking multiple images of each breast allowing visualization of the breast tissue through multiple layers and angles...
typically top to bottom and side to side. Standard mammograms are very effective, but are limited by dense breasts and overlapping tissue. Digital tomosynthesis overcomes these issues by taking multiple images of each breast allowing visualization of the breast tissue through multiple layers and angles...
typically top to bottom and side to side. Standard mammograms are very effective, but are limited by dense breasts and overlapping tissue. Digital tomosynthesis overcomes these issues by taking multiple images of each breast allowing visualization of the breast tissue through multiple layers and angles...
where tissue is less fatty and more glandular. Breast MRI is effective at detecting cancer in dense breasts and is increasingly being used to screen women at high risk for breast cancer. However, MRI has a high incidence of false-positive test results that indicate cancer is present when it ...
Breast density is an important factor in predicting the risk of breast cancer. Studies have shown that women with extremely dense breasts are five times more likely to get breast cancer than those with low breast densities. The technology would calculate overall density and highlight any suspicious...
By comparison, interpreting a mammogram is like looking at an x-ray; it cannot be manipulated to observe tissue overlays or the back of the breasts near the chest wall. Digital mammography has a wider range of capture data and gives more information about dense tissue, but it still only pro...
To date the only FDA-approved breast cancer screening system in the U.S. is mammography beginning at age 40 for women. The effectiveness of this screening device is lessened in women with dense breasts. A mammogram provides no information on the stiffness or mobility of a tumor and has a ...