“One in every eight women will get breast cancer. The idea is screening to look for early disease,” said Winifred Leung, M.D., of Santa Barbara Women’s Imagining Center. Tomosynthesis, a 3D breast ...

Live demonstrations of the Nanox.ARC will feature at the ECR booth #425 in Hall X4Oral presentation by Dr. Nogah Shabshin to present data on ...

If you’re getting checked for breast cancer, you may have the option of digital tomosynthesis. Although it’s a long word (it’s pronounced toh-moh-SIN-thuh-sis), it’s a simple idea: Tomosynthesis is a ...

For the first time, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) recommends that clinicians "consider" tomosynthesis as part of annual breast cancer screening. The context of the recommendation is ...

OAK BROOK, Ill. – Digital tomosynthesis is an effective tool for reducing the recall rate in breast cancer screening, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Digital ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (quasi three-dimensional [3D] mammography) is a relatively novel technique. It creates thin-slice reconstructions of the breast from low-dose digital mammographic images ...

A new type of mammogram is now available in Pittsburgh. The 3-D technology is called tomosynthesis, and doctors say it gives a much clearer view as it captures images of breast tissue layer by ...

A new study published in the journal Radiology has found that the advantages of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) over digital mammography (DM), including increased cancer detection and fewer false ...

—Digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography, has been shown to improve recall and breast cancer detection rates in previous and recent studies and is becoming increasingly integrated into ...

CHICAGO — The detection of breast cancer is better with digital breast tomosynthesis, which creates a 3-dimensional picture using x-rays, than with standard mammography, results from a 3-year study ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis can detect cancer at a higher rate than digital mammography, according to a study published Sept. 17 in Radiology. Researchers from New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of ...

Tomosynthesis provides 3-D images of breast Researchers hope method will reduce false alarms Insurance companies may not cover such tests Women are used to making complex choices about mammograms.