Mammography is widely used as an auxiliary diagnostic test to determine the location and characteristics of a suspicious mass found in the breast. Mammography examination is done using X-rays.
It is important for women over the age of 40 to be checked once a year as a precaution.
With digital mammography technology developed in recent years, more successful results are obtained. X-ray is used in both traditional and digital mammography; however, in classic mammography, The X-ray passes through the breast and reaches the film. X-rays are detected by high-resolution electronic detectors after passing through the breast in digital mammography, and images are obtained first in digital media. These images are viewed on large high-resolution monitors. Thus, the examination time is shortened, and the evaluation of the lesions becomes easier as the image quality increases.
Tomosynthesis
In cases where the breast tissue is very prominent, digital mammography may be insufficient to show problematic areas. Additional film needs to be taken for the patient in such cases. Since each additional film taken will increase the dose of radiation the patient receives, this is undesirable. Tomosynthesis is a digital mammography program that removes this undesirable situation and enables 3-dimensional evaluation of breast tissue.
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