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3-D Mammograms: “Stereo mammograms”

Published by Leslie, RN, BSN July 5th, 2008 in Children's & Women's Health - Leslie, RN, BSN and MyDocHub.

3-D Mammograms

The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is testing a new kind of breast camera that might challenge the images of those far pricer MRI exams now reserved for the most high-risk women, but at a fraction of the price. This will be done with Radiologists donning 3-D glasses, enabling them to get a clearer view.

Mammograms are two-dimensional, flat pictures of a surface that’s simply not flat. When technicians literally flatten women’s breasts into the mammography unit, they’re trying to spread the tissue out so less is hidden from the X-ray. “Stereo mammograms” allow radiologists to see those X-ray images in 3-D, so that a small spot on the bottom might not be hidden by normal tissue laying over it.

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