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Chapter 14 - Comparison of commercially available systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2012

By
Karla A. Sepulveda ,
Lindsay Hwang  and
William R. Geiser
Edited by
Gary J. Whitman  and
Tamara Milner Haygood
Gary J. Whitman
Affiliation:
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Tamara Milner Haygood
Affiliation:
MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Summary

Digital mammography units

See table 14.1.

Computer-aided detection (CADe)

See table 14.2.

Breast tomosynthesis

At the time of writing, Hologic has gained US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval in the United States for a breast tomosynthesis platform, the Selenia Dimensions machine, which can perform both ordinary two-dimensional digital mammography and tomosynthesis.

Suggested parameters for digital breast tomosynthesis include [1–3]:

  • 4–15-second scan over a range of 15–60 degrees

  • detector and acquisition geometry to maximize the field of view

  • rapid reconstruction of thin slices separated by 1 mm

  • total radiation dose similar to or less than conventional mammography

  • high detective quantum efficiency (DQE) detector to minimize noise

  • large-field-of-view detector to accommodate all breast sizes

  • breast compression no greater than conventional mammography

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Digital Mammography
A Practical Approach
 , pp. 187 - 189
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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References

Machida, H, Yukara, T, Mori, T, et al. Optimizing parameters for flat-panel detector digital tomosynthesis. Radiographics 2010; 30: 549–62.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Diekmann, F, Bick, U.Breast tomosynthesis. Semin Ultrasound CT MRI 2011; 32: 281–7.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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