Digital breast tomosynthesis (quasi three-dimensional [3D] mammography) is a relatively novel technique. It creates thin-slice reconstructions of the breast from low-dose digital mammographic images ...

For the first time, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends that clinicians "consider" tomosynthesis as part of annual breast cancer screening. The context of the recommendation is ...

If you’re getting checked for breast cancer, you may have the option of digital tomosynthesis. Although it’s a long word (it’s pronounced toh-moh-SIN-thuh-sis), it’s a simple idea: Tomosynthesis is a ...

CHICAGO — The detection of breast cancer is better with digital breast tomosynthesis, which creates a 3-dimensional picture using x-rays, than with standard mammography, results from a 3-year study ...

—Digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, has been shown to improve recall and breast cancer detection rates in previous and recent studies and is becoming increasingly integrated into ...

In women with dense breasts, adding either tomosynthesis (a form of 3-D mammography) or ultrasound scans to standard mammograms can detect breast cancers that would have been missed, according to new ...

Tomosynthesis provides 3-D images of breast Researchers hope method will reduce false alarms Insurance companies may not cover such tests Women are used to making complex choices about mammograms.

Digital breast tomosynthesis can detect cancer at a higher rate than digital mammography, according to a study published Sept. 17 in Radiology. Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of ...

CHICAGO -- Digital breast tomosynthesis boosted the performance of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) for screening, but the presence of implants reduced its performance, researchers reported here.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis have very similar benefits and drawbacks. When deciding on a ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carestream’s Digital Tomosynthesis (DT) functionality—a three-dimensional extension of general radiography—has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Digital tomosynthesis is an evolving radiographic technique that produces sequential in‐plane images of musculoskeletal structures by utilising multiple low-dose X‐ray exposures over a limited angular ...