CR digital mammography: an affordable entry.
CR full-field digital mammography (FFDM) has been used extensively in other countries, and it was one of the 4 digital mammography technologies employed in the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial. Affordability and easy integration with pre-existing mammography systems makes CR FFDM an attractive way to secure the advantages of filmless mammography imaging. CR mammography is true digital mammography--it is merely a different way of acquiring the image. The FDA has recently approved the first CR FFDM system for sale in the United States. At Gundersen Lutheran Health System (La Crosse, Wisconsin), CR FFDM is the most practical technology for realizing the potential everyday clinical benefits of filmless mammography imaging.
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Norma J. Vinger Center for Breast Cancer Care, Wisconsin, USA. csfische@gundluth.org
D018795:Device Approval; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014486:United States Food and Drug Administration; D014922:Wisconsin