Breast Imaging Techniques for Breast Cancer: Section 2.b. CONTENTS: 2.4 Conventional (Diagnostic) Mammography 2.5 ‘Surveillance’ Mammography 2.6 Some New Developments in Mammography 2.6.1 Digital Mammography 2.6.2 Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) 2.6.3 Tomosynthesis or ‘3-D’ Mammography 2.6.4 Stereoscopic Digital Mammography 2.6.5 Scintimammography 2.6.6 Positron Emission Tomography (PET) 2.7 Breast Ultrasound 2.7.1 Indications for Breast Ultrasound in Screening […]
SECTION 2.e. BREAST IMAGING IN SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
Lymph Node Imaging: Section 2.e. CONTENTS: 2.15 Lymph Node Imaging or Imaging the Axilla 2.16 Post-Operative Mammography Forward to 3A Benign conditions. Back to 2D on biopsy 2.15 Lymph Node Imaging (of the axilla) For patients who have a suspicious BI-RADS 4c or 5 lesion on mammography, it is recommended that ultrasound scanning of the […]
SECTION 2.c. BREAST IMAGING IN SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
Mammogram Reports: Section 2.c. CONTENTS: 2.8 Quality Control and Radiology Reporting 2.8.1 The Mammography Report and Clinical Decision-Making i. A Negative Mammography Report ii. A Positive Mammography Report or an Abnormal Mammogram 2.8.2 The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) 2.8.3 The Structure of the Mammography Report 2.8.4 Double Reading of Mammograms 2.8.5 […]
SECTION 2.d. BREAST IMAGING IN SCREENING AND DIAGNOSIS
Breast Biopsy after an Abnormal Mammogram: Section 2.d. CONTENTS: 2.13 The Abnormal Mammogram: What Happens Next? 2.13.1 A Clinical Management Algorithm for Patients with Abnormal Mammograms 2.13.2 Repeat Mammography (Recall) 2.13.3 Making the Tissue Diagnosis i. Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) Cytology ii. Stereotactic Biopsy iii. Core Needle Biopsy (CNB) iv. Vacuum-assisted Core Needle Biopsy […]