Quantification of the Benefits of Pendant Mammography
Abstract
High quality mammographic images enhance the radiologist's ability to interpret mammograms. Image quality is dependent upon adequate visualization and inclusion of tissue, adequate exposure, contrast and resolution; and proper compression. Meeting these criteria is essential to detection of cancer, since 73% of cancers are located in the peripheral or retroglandular fat. Pendant mammography, is a procedure whereby the patient leans forward 15 to 25 degrees during mammography, pulling the breast away from the body, and thereby increasing the amount of retroglandular breast tissue evident on a mammogram. We propose to test the benefits of pendent mammography by imaging 250 women by acquiring both conventional and pendent mammograms. We will then perform a quantitative analysis of the mammograms, to determine the effect of leaning on the amount of breast tissue imaged, the compression obtained, and the dose to the breast. There was a change of Principal Investigator when Dr. Andrew Maidment left Thomas Jefferson University Hospital for the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving IRB approval for the project, we began patient recruitment in August 2003 . As of September 19, 2003 we have recruited 18 patients.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA420784
Entities
People
- Catherine W. Piccoli
Organizations
- Thomas Jefferson University