Breakthrough technique images breast tumors in 3-D with great clarity, reduced radiation
Monday, October 22, 2012 - 18:01
in Health & Medicine
Scientists are able to use a new technique to produce three-dimensional images of breast tissue that are two-to-three times sharper than current hospital CT scanners, and with a lower dose of X-ray radiation than from a mammogram. With higher quality images, breast tumors may be detected earlier and with much greater accuracy for the nearly one in eight women diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime in the United States.