Initial Clinical Experience with Stationary Digital Breast Tomosynthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale and objectives

A linear array of carbon nanotube-enabled x-ray sources allows for stationary digital breast tomosynthesis (sDBT), during which projection views are collected without the need to move the x-ray tube. This work presents our initial clinical experience with a first-generation sDBT device.

Materials and methods

Following informed consent, women with a "suspicious abnormality" (Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System 4), discovered by digital mammography and awaiting biopsy, were also imaged by the first generation sDBT. Four radiologists participated in this paired-image study, completing questionnaires while interpreting the mammograms and sDBT image stacks. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve were used to measure reader performanc

SUBMITTER: Lee YZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6635094 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature