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Journal of Digital Imaging logoLink to Journal of Digital Imaging
. 1998 Aug;11(Suppl 1):163–165. doi: 10.1007/BF03168292

Advanced digital mammography

Ronald B Schilling 1,, John D Cox 1, S R Dev Sharma 1
PMCID: PMC3453385  PMID: 9735459

Abstract

Mammography is the most effective method for early detection of breast cancer and yet, 10% to 30% of women who have breast cancer and undergo mammography have negative mammograms. Furthermore, of the women who are sent to biopsy, only 20% to 40% actually have breast cancer. Quantitative analysis of the radiographic features of microcalcifications and masses may help radiologists improve their specificity.

Key Words: mammography, digital, slot-scan, low dose

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