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digital tomosynthesis
Contraindications:
- insufficient evidence to recommend for or against digital breast tomosynthesis (3-D digital mammography) in women with dense breasts with negative mammogram
Procedure:
- digital tomosynthesis uses a moving x-ray source & digital detector to capture images at different angles.
- a computer program reconstructs the two-dimensional images into a three-dimensional image of the breast
Adverse effects:
- digital breast tomosynthesis exposes the patient to twice as much radiation as conventional mammography
Specific
3D mammography; digital mammography; breast tomosynthesis
General
radiography (roentgenography)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 19
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2022