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Breast Cancer

Clinical trial of new 3D mammography system initiated

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 18th, 2005

BBN Technologies, a provider of advanced technology, research and development, announced the beginning of a new stereoscopic digital mammography (SDM) clinical trial.

The trial will take place at Emory University's Breast Imaging Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and is projected to continue through July 2007.

SDM is a mammography system that provides a three-dimensional, in-depth image of the breast. Previous work has shown that this new system, which is not yet FDA approved, enables a radiologist to detect and interpret breast lesions that a standard digital mammogram may fail to capture. This clinical trial will seek to confirm these findings.

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