title: Diagnostic accuracy of new imaging techniques in breast diseases.
abstract: During the last decade, the hypothetical carcinogenic effects of mammography have lead to new technical developments in X-ray diagnosis and to the use of other imaging techniques such as ultrasonography (US), transillumination, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many preliminary studies were published but few clinical trials are really convincing. According to the definition of a diagnostic tool, none of these new modalities is supposed to supplant mammography in the diagnosis of breast cancer. Improvements are expected by digital mammography in the near future.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gordenne
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bauduin
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004164:Diphosphonates; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D013667:Technetium; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014172:Transillumination; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014986:Xeroradiography
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D017556:Technetium Compounds; D013667:Technetium; C029045:technetium Tc 99m diphosphonate