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Breast Cancer
New findings from A.K.W. Ma and co-authors describe advances in breast cancer
January 22nd, 2009
"Breast cancer screening with x-ray mammography, using one or two projection images of the breast, is an indispensible tool in the early detection of breast cancer in women. Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a 3D imaging technique that promises higher sensitivity and specificity in breast cancer screening at a similar radiation dose to conventional two-view screening mammography," scientists writing in the journal Medical Physics report. "In DBT a 3D volume is reconstructed with anisotropic voxels from a limited number of x-ray projection images acquired over a limited angle. Although the benefit of early cancer detection through screening mammography...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-22)
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