title: Xeroradiography of the breast with an improved technique.
abstract: Xeromammograms taken by the technique described by Wolfe and Lutterbeck are time consuming as compared to filmmammography. As there is no automatic exposure setting, about 20% of our xeroradiographs had to be repeated on account of wrong exposures. That's why we developed a new attachment ensuring a good compression of the breast and equipped with an automatic exposure timing. We use this since October 1974. All xeromammograms are taken with the patients within a short time. Usually there is no need to repeat a xeromammogram because of wrong exposure.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D013679:Technology, Radiologic; D014984:Xeromammography / Q000379:methods*