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Digital Mammography

What is digital mammorgram or full field digital mammogram?
What are the benefits of digital mammography?

What is digital mammogram or full field digital mammogram (FFDM)?

X-ray pictures of the breast tissue using a computerized digital technology in the place of traditional film. Neither film nor digital mammography has been shown superior to the other - both methods are acceptable and interchangeable.

What are the benefits of digital mammography?

Digital mammography allows radiologists to electronically manipulate the digital images, potentially saving patients from undergoing additional views and therefore additional radiation; these views are sometimes necessary to make a diagnosis. The ability to manipulate the digital images could potentially improve the sensitivity of mammography especially in women with dense breast tissue.

 

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