BACKGROUND In premenopausal women, the sensitivity of screening mammography for detecting breast cancer has been reported to be greater in the follicular phase than in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, which may be due to differences in mammographic density. To examine this possible effect, we compared mammographic density in premenopausal women who had mammograms at different phases of ...

BACKGROUND While Medicare claims are a potential resource for clinical mammography research or quality monitoring, the validity of key data elements remains uncertain. Claims codes for digital mammography and computer-aided detection (CAD), for example, have not been validated against a credible external reference standard. METHODS We matched Medicare mammography claims for women who received...

RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES Contrast-enhanced digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis are two imaging techniques that attempt to increase malignant breast lesion conspicuity. The combination of these into a single technique, contrast-enhanced digital breast tomosynthesis (CE-DBT), could potentially integrate the strengths of both. The objectives of this study were to assess the clinic...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is being developed as an approach to generate images that may improve the sensitivity and specificity of mammography. Current radiographic approaches to mammography produce two-dimensional (2D) images. These 2D systems can have limitations due to overlapping tissue in the breast that may hide lesions (cancers) or cause benign masses to appear suspicious. DBT, ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is being developed as an approach to generate images that may improve the sensitivity and specificity of mammography. Current radiographic approaches to mammography produce two-dimensional (2D) images. These 2D systems can have limitations due to overlapping tissue in the breast that may hide lesions (cancers) or cause benign masses to appear suspicious. DBT, ...

Early investigations on the physical properties of digital mammography provided the impetus for further research [11-15]. These studies suggested that the image noise characteristics of digital systems could be better than for screenfi lm mammography. Therefore, the highresolution advantage of screen fi lm might not be as important for detection of microcalcifi cations in the breast as it was o...

Objective: The aim of this study is to estimate the false-positive rate of computer-aided detection (CAD) with fullfield digital mammography (FFDM) in the detection of breast cancer. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in the period from February, 2013 until September, 2014. It included 659 patients who presented to the radiology department for mammography. Full-field digital mammog...