Mammography

Book · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6527923

At the present time, thermography, ultrasound, computed tomography, ionography, and heavy particle radiography have limited roles to play in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Mammography remains the diagnostic method of choice, but its value is subject to many technical constraints. The optimization of all technical factors, including image processing and the matching of the x-ray spectrum to the recording medium is necessary. The examination should be presumed to carry some risk of carcinogenesis. The estimated values of carcinogenic risk based on data for western women over age 20 at exposure are: 6.6 breast cases per million women per rad per year. Currently, the midplane dose is a useful indicator of relative exposure of the mammary gland tissue at risk. (KRM)

• Research Organization: National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Washington, DC
• OSTI ID: 6527923
• Report Number(s): NCRP-66
• Resource Relation: Related Information: For full text of this copyright protected document, contact National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, Bethesda, MD 20814-3046. https://ncrponline.org/
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DIAGNOSTIC USES
RBE
RISK ASSESSMENT
CARCINOGENESIS
AGE DEPENDENCE
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY
FAST NEUTRONS
HEAVY IONS
IONOGRAPHIC IMAGING
NEOPLASMS
RADIOINDUCTION
THERMOGRAPHY
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
XEROGRAPHY
A-BOMB SURVIVORS
BEAGLES
COBALT 60
FLUOROSCOPY
FRACTIONATED IRRADIATION
GAMMA RADIATION
LOW DOSE IRRADIATION
MAMMARY GLANDS
MICE
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RATS
SIDE EFFECTS
X RADIATION
ANIMALS
BARYONS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
CHARGED PARTICLES
COBALT ISOTOPES
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
DOGS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
GLANDS
HADRONS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IONS
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MEASURING METHODS
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATHOGENESIS
RADIATIONS
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RODENTS
TOMOGRAPHY
USES
VERTEBRATES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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