Evaluation of pressure-controlled mammography compression paddles with respect to force-controlled compression paddles in clinical practice.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To reduce pain and discomfort associated with breast compression in mammography, a pressure-controlled compression paddle was recently introduced. The objective was to evaluate the pressure-controlled paddle by comparing it to the standard force-controlled paddle.

Methods

Differences of compressed breast thickness (CBT), compression force, compression pressure, and average glandular dose (AGD) between annual follow-up full-field digital mammography exams of 3188 patients were retrospectively examined. Two groups were compared: (1) force-force group (FF-group), both examinations were performed with the force-controlled paddle, and (2) force-pressure group (FP-group), only the follow-up examination was performed with the pressure-controlled paddle. In an additional

SUBMITTER: Jeukens CRLPN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6443616 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature