Are All Views with and without Displacement Maneuver Necessary in Augmentation Mammography? Putting Numbers Into Perspective.

Objective: Augmentation implants pose a challenge for radiologists. Displacing the implant allows slightly more breast tissue to be visualized than the standard compression views. The objective of this study was to verify the agreement between craniocaudal (CC) views and CC with implant displacement (CC-ID), mediolateral oblique (MLO) and MLO-ID and the inter- and intraobserver agreement of mammographic images for finding abnormal images.

Mean glandular dose in digital mamography in women with breast implants.

Purpose: Mean Glandular Dose (MGD) is the quantity related to the risk of radiation-induced breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the MGD in screening mammography for women with breast implants.

Methods: This retrospective study used data of 2680 mammographies of 335 asymptomatic women with mammary implants examined in a digital direct x-ray unit.