Mammography (also called mastography; DICOM modality: MG) is the process of using low-energy X-rays (usually around 30 kVp) to examine the human breast...

tests have been employed, including clinical and self breast exams, mammography, genetic screening, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. A clinical...

and is not a replacement for structural studies such as X-Ray, MRI, or Mammography. As a physiologic study, however, medical thermology has many health-related...

Positron emission mammography (PEM) is a nuclear medicine imaging modality used to detect or characterise breast cancer. Mammography typically refers to...

The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) was enacted by the United States Congress to regulate the quality of care in mammography. The act was officially...

described in detail below. Traditional screening and diagnostic mammography ("2D mammography") uses x-ray technology and has been the mainstay of breast imaging...

Computed tomography laser mammography (CTLM) is the trademark of Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (IDSI, United States) for its optical tomographic technique...

mammography, arguing that it cannot be justified; his critique has caused controversy. His critique stems from a meta-analysis he did on mammography screening...

working at the Cancer Detection Clinic, she conducted a research study on mammography to measure its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer....

Daniel B. Kopans, MD, FACR is a radiologist specializing in mammography and other forms of breast imaging. Dr. Daniel Kopans is a leading expert in breast...

(BI-RADS) is a quality assurance tool originally designed for use with mammography. The system is a collaborative effort of many health groups but is published...

Photon-counting mammography was introduced commercially in 2003 and was the first widely available application of photon-counting detector technology...

1988 that designs and manufactures imaging systems and accessories for mammography and orthopaedic imaging. The company's headquarters are located in Helsinki...

a Mobile Mammography Center. Introduced in July 2018, the retrofitted RV-style vehicle is equipped with the same as a standing mammography suite, and...

higher in symptom-free women with a positive mammography compared to symptom-free women with a negative mammography?" Population = Women without a history of...

done to rule out low thyroid or high prolactin. Other tests may include mammography, breast ultrasound, breast biopsy, or skin biopsy. Treatment depends...

Diffuse optical mammography, or simply optical mammography, is an emerging imaging technique that enables the investigation of the breast composition through...

breast lump that can be felt, typically being detected through screening mammography. It has been diagnosed in a significant percentage of men (see male breast...

test for breast cancer is low-dose X-ray imaging of the breast, called mammography. Each breast is pressed between two plates and imaged. Tumors can appear...

technology. Radiographers now perform fluoroscopy, computed tomography, mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging as well...

abnormalities is not possible or not reliable on the basis of mammography and ultrasound alone. When mammography plus ultrasound are insufficient to characterize an...

Center. Hernández previously developed equipment for full-field digital mammography at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In October 2011, Hernández...

tungsten in certain low voltage X-ray sources for specialized uses such as mammography. The radioactive isotope molybdenum-99 is used to generate technetium-99m...

requires more radiation exposure. Historically used in mammography prior to the advent of digital mammography. Xeromammography is a form of xeroradiography. "Scorotron"...

March 9, 1999) was an American radiologist who pioneered the use of mammography to screen for early breast cancer. With his co-investigators, the statistician...

his study of early mastectomies that is considered the beginning of mammography. He was the father of the artist Charlotte Salomon. In 1913, Salomon...

In mammography, mean glandular dose (MGD) is a quantity used to describe the absorbed dose of radiation to the breast. It is based on a measurement of...

fibrous tissue as compared to the percentage of fatty tissue. The current mammography classifications split up the density of breasts into four categories...

imaging tests may be performed, which may include mammography, X-rays, MRIs and ultrasound studies. Mammography is usually the first imaging test to be ordered...

intensity of the signal, as in black and white photography. Photon-counting mammography was introduced commercially in 2003. Although such systems are not widespread...