What are spot magnification views?
What are spot magnification views?
Spot magnification views are performed to determine the number and shape of the microcalcifications. Rounded well-defined calcifications are almost always benign and compromise the vast majority of our findings.
What is a spot view mammogram?
A spot view (also known as a spot compression view or focal compression view) is an additional mammographic view performed by applying the compression to a smaller area of tissue using a small compression paddle, increasing the effective pressure on that spot.
What is magnification mammography?
Magnification mammography is an adjunct to conventional mammographic technique. It produces fine-detail breast images containing additional anatomic information that may prove useful in refining mammographic diagnosis, especially in cases where conventional imaging demonstrates uncertain or equivocal findings.
What is spot magnification of a breast?
In addition to the four views obtained in a screening mammogram, there are many specialized views that are possible to further investigate a finding. The most common view is called a “spot compression magnification” view. This is a magnified view of a particular area of the breast.
What are spot compression views?
A spot view (also known as a spot compression view or focal compression view) is an additional mammographic view performed by applying the compression to a smaller area of tissue using a small compression paddle, increasing the effective pressure on that spot.
What is spot magnification?
The G-Spot magnification is a painless office procedure performed in our office under local anesthesia. The actual injection usually takes less than 8 seconds and the total time in the examination room is usually less then 10-15 minutes.
Is a spot compression mammogram painful?
The breast has to be compressed to reduce the thickness of the breast tissue. This is so the X-ray beam penetrates as few layers of overlapping tissue as possible. This minimizes radiation absorption and produces the best possible image. Mammograms can be uncomfortable, and some women find them very painful.
What is the difference between traditional mammography and 3D mammography?
3D mammography is an FDA-approved advanced technology that takes multiple images, or X-rays, of breast tissue to recreate a 3-dimensional picture of the breast. You may also hear it called breast tomosynthesis. It’s different from traditional mammography In that traditional mammography obtains just a single image.