Tomosynthesis improves breast cancer detection: our experience
Zervoudis, S.; Iatrakis, G.; Malakassis, P.; Tomara, E.; Bouga, A.; Grammatikakis, I.; Bothou, A.; Stefos, T.; Navrozoglou, I.
European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology 35(6): 666-669
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0392-2936 PMID: 25556272 Document Number: 672515
Breast tomosynthesis (BT) is a novel imaging technology in which an x-ray fan beam sweeps in an arc across the breast, producing tomographic images and it can reduce tissue overlap encountered in conventional two-dimensional (2D) and thus has the potential to improve detection of breast cancer and facilitate accurate differentiation of lesion types. The purpose of this article was to assess the positive predictive value (PPV) of breast cancer with BT versus full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and the assessment of detec- tion of both techniques in the present series.