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Fuji CRm, a totally integrated, new generation, ultra-high resolution (50 micron) digital mammography system, featuring exclusive dual-side reading technology, which produces clearer images with unprecedented levels of dose efficiency compared to historical CR techniques.

 

Digital mammography is a means of acquiring x-ray information without the use of x-ray film.  Specialized detectors, which are used in place of x-ray film, convert the x-rays into digital information.  

The digital image of the breast can be viewed on a computer workstation with high resolution monitors, allowing the radiologist to magnify and adjust the contrast of the image or optimize a particular area, whereas with conventional mammography the x-ray films need to be developed and then viewed on a lighted view box.  Digital mammography can reduce the number of extra images and exposures that are sometimes required during the diagnostic process.  Moreover, since the images can be stored and retrieved electronically, it is easy to facilitate long-distance consultations with other mammography specialists who may be across the city, in another state, or even on the other side of the planet.

The results of a major clinical study of nearly 50,000 women (The American College of Radiology Imaging Network’s Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, or ACRIN-DMIST) showed that digital mammography is more accurate than conventional film-screen mammography in detecting breast cancer in three groups of women: women under 50, pre- and peri-menopausal women, and women with dense breasts.  The study concluded that digital mammograms are 15 percent more accurate among women with dense breasts.

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