digital tomosynthesis

Contraindications

• insufficient evidence to recommend for or against digital breast tomosynthesis (3-D digital mammography) in women with dense breasts with negative mammogram

Adverse effects

• digital breast tomosynthesis exposes the patient to twice as much radiation as conventional mammography

Procedure

• digital tomosynthesis uses a moving x-ray source & digital detector to capture images at different angles.
• a computer program reconstructs the two-dimensional images into a three-dimensional image of the breast

More general terms

• radiography (roentgenography)

More specific terms

• 3D mammography; digital mammography; breast tomosynthesis