Edward Hospital Announces New 3D Mammography
Edward’s new 3D mammography screening "significantly improves breast cancer detection."
Edward Hospital is now offering three-dimensional (3D) mammography, also known as breast tomosynthesis, for breast cancer screening. Get news in your inbox. Sign up for the Patch newsletter. Like Naperville Patch on Facebook. 3D mammography looks and feels like a traditional mammogram. It takes a few seconds longer because multiple x-ray images of the breast are taken from a variety of angles to produce a series of one-millimeter thick slices that can be viewed as a 3D reconstruction of the breast. The 3D images are clearer and eliminate overlapping structures throughout the breast, which is not possible with traditional mammography. Radiologists can then individually review the slices that make up the entire 3D image, similar to turning …
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