Sophia Zackrisson
Manager
Breast tomosynthesis and digital mammography: a comparison of breast cancer visibility and BIRADS classification in a population of cancers with subtle mammographic findings.
Author
Summary, in English
The main purpose was to compare breast cancer visibility in one-view breast tomosynthesis (BT) to cancer visibility in one- or two-view digital mammography (DM). Thirty-six patients were selected on the basis of subtle signs of breast cancer on DM. One-view BT was performed with the same compression angle as the DM image in which the finding was least/not visible. On BT, 25 projections images were acquired over an angular range of 50 degrees, with double the dose of one-view DM. Two expert breast imagers classified one- and two-view DM, and BT findings for cancer visibility and BIRADS cancer probability in a non-blinded consensus study. Forty breast cancers were found in 37 breasts. The cancers were rated more visible on BT compared to one-view and two-view DM in 22 and 11 cases, respectively, (p < 0.01 for both comparisons). Comparing one-view DM to one-view BT, 21 patients were upgraded on BIRADS classification (p < 0.01). Comparing two-view DM to one-view BT, 12 patients were upgraded on BIRADS classification (p < 0.01). The results indicate that the cancer visibility on BT is superior to DM, which suggests that BT may have a higher sensitivity for breast cancer detection.
Department/s
- Radiology Diagnostics, Malmö
- Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
2817-2825
Publication/Series
European Radiology
Volume
18
Links
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
Status
Published
Research group
- Radiology Diagnostics, Malmö
- Medical Radiation Physics, Malmö
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0938-7994