Jul 7, 2021

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Potential Benefits in Routine Clinical Practice

Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes
Supriya Kulkarni, Vivianne Freitas, Derek Muradali
Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is gradually being implemented in routine clinical breast imaging practice. The technique of image acquisition reduces the confounding effect of overlapping breast tissue, which substantially affects cancer detection, abnormal recall, and interval cancer rates in a screening/ surveillance setting. In a diagnostic setting, tomosynthesis also allows for improved lesion localization and characterization over conventional imaging, which potentially improves the...