Full-field digital mammography was built on solid-state technology.The first such machines, introduced eight years ago,were based on flat-panel detectors, a tradition that continueduntil the commercial introduction of computed radiography afew years ago.
Full-field digital mammography was built on solid-state technology. The first such machines, introduced eight years ago, were based on flat-panel detectors, a tradition that continued until the commercial introduction of computed radiography a few years ago. These CR-based products work with the generators, x-ray tubes, and stands now being used in film mammography. The addition of high-resolution phosphor-based plates and a plate reader are all that any current mammography facility needs to go digital. But there are issues.
-By Greg Freiherr
Mammography and Breast MRI: Is it Time to Evaluate Strategies as Opposed to Modalities?
July 5th 2024The combination of mammography with breast MRI within 90 days had a 96.2 percent sensitivity in comparison to 48.1 percent for mammography and 79.7 percent for breast MRI performed within 91 to 270 days after index mammography, according to newly published research.
ACR Collaborative Model Leads to 35 Percent Improvement with Mammography Positioning Criteria
July 1st 2024Noting significant variation with facilities for achieving passing criteria for mammography positioning, researchers found that structured interventions, ranging from weekly auditing of images taken by technologists to mechanisms for feedback from radiologists to technologists, led to significant improvements in a multicenter study.