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    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...
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    tests have been employed, including clinical and self breast exams, mammography, genetic screening, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging. A clinical...
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  • Computed tomography laser mammography (CTLM) is the trademark of Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (IDSI, United States) for its optical tomographic technique...
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    described in detail below. Traditional screening and diagnostic mammography ("2D mammography") uses x-ray technology and has been the mainstay of breast imaging...
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    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...
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    Positron emission mammography (PEM) is a nuclear medicine imaging modality used to detect or characterise breast cancer. Mammography typically refers to...
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  • mammography, arguing that it cannot be justified; his critique has caused controversy. His critique stems from a meta-analysis he did on mammography screening...
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  • Photon-counting mammography was introduced commercially in 2003 and was the first widely available application of photon-counting detector technology...
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    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...
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  • higher in symptom-free women with a positive mammography compared to symptom-free women with a negative mammography?" Population = Women without a history of...
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  • fibrous tissue as compared to the percentage of fatty tissue. The current mammography classifications split up the density of breasts into four categories...
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    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...
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  • Diffuse optical mammography, or simply optical mammography, is an emerging imaging technique that enables the investigation of the breast composition through...
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    Center. Hernández previously developed equipment for full-field digital mammography at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In October 2011, Hernández...
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    approximate dose of 2.6 milligrays per mammography screening. There is however no evidence or research indicating that mammography screening itself directly causes...
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    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...
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    working at the Cancer Detection Clinic, she conducted a research study on mammography to measure its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer....
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    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...
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    aspiration of breast abscesses. Women may prefer breast ultrasound over mammography because it is a painless procedure and does not involve the discomfort...
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    intensity of the signal, as in black and white photography. Photon-counting mammography was introduced commercially in 2003. Although such systems are not widespread...
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  • (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...
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    follow-through/Lower gastrointestinal series Cholangiography/Cholecystography Mammography Pyelogram Cystography Arthrogram Hysterosalpingography Skeletal survey...
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    supply in women who choose to breastfeed. Implants can interfere with mammography (breast x-rays images). In Christian iconography, some works of art depict...
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  • 1988 that designs and manufactures imaging systems and accessories for mammography and orthopaedic imaging. The company's headquarters are located in Helsinki...
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    shaped, and skin changes. Mammography is rarely indicated for men since breast cancer is an unlikely diagnosis. If mammography is performed and does not...
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    technology. Radiographers now perform fluoroscopy, computed tomography, mammography, ultrasound, nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging as well...
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    a Mobile Mammography Center. Introduced in July 2018, the retrofitted RV-style vehicle is equipped with the same as a standing mammography suite, and...
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    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...
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    cancer, ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, or prostate cancer. Recommends mammography for breast cancer screening every two years from ages 50–74, but does...
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    done to rule out low thyroid or high prolactin. Other tests may include mammography, breast ultrasound, breast biopsy, or skin biopsy. Treatment depends...
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