Mammography using an ultrahigh-strip-density, stationary, focused grid

Conference · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Radiology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5269865

Dershaw, D D; Masterson, M E; Malik, S; Cruz, N M

A 1-mm-thick, stationary, ultrahigh-strip-density, focused grid was evaluated with respect to patient radiation dose and mammographic image quality as it affected the resolution of microcalcifications and masses. Radiographic technique was varied to determine the most useful alteration to improve image quality with the grid. Results from 89 patients demonstrated that no improvement in diagnostic ability was found in women with fatty breasts. As breast density increased, the advantage of the grid technique became more apparent. Grid mammography also often solved the problem of questionable microcalcifications with improved visualization of their number and geometry.

• Research Organization: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
• OSTI ID: 5269865
• Report Number(s): CONF-851152-
• Journal Information: Radiology; (United States), Journal Name: Radiology; (United States) Vol. 156:2; ISSN RADLA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550602* -- Medicine-- External Radiation in Diagnostics-- (1980-)
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BODY
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOSES
GLANDS
IMAGES
IRRADIATION DEVICES
MAMMARY GLANDS
MEDICINE
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOLOGY