Published in Pharma Law Weekly, December 28th, 2004
The award recognizes Hologic for its work in the detection of breast cancer through tomosynthesis, a new investigational imaging technology.
Tomosynthesis is a 3-D imaging technology that involves the acquisition of multiple images of a stationary compressed breast from different angles during a short scan.
Tomosynthesis is similar to computed tomography (CT), but unlike CT scans which commonly use 360 degree revolutions with less than hundred slices, tomosynthesis uses a smaller, selected number of...
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Source: Pharma Law Weekly (2004-12-28)
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