'Stereo' Mammography Takes Breast Imaging to a New... (breast tissue. -- In a clinical trial...)

'Stereo' Mammography Takes Breast Imaging to a New Dimension

Date:11/28/2007

breast tissue.

-- In a clinical trial of 1,093 women, stereoscopic digital mammography

detected more true lesions than standard digital mammography and

reduced false-positive findings by nearly half.

Note: Copies of RSNA 2007 news releases and electronic images will be available online at RSNA.org/press07 beginning Monday, Nov. 26.

RSNA is an association of more than 41,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and related scientists committed to excellence in patient care through education and research. The Society is based in Oak Brook, Ill. (RSNA.org)

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