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mammography::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | diagnostic procedure, diagnostic technique |
Examples of mammography
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This death toll is probably dwarfed by the number of lives saved by mammography.
From the latimes.com
Digital mammography is a little bit more sensitive than film-screen mammography.
From the abcnews.go.com
Mammography still is the best line of defense in the fight against breast cancer.
From the stltoday.com
It's often difficult to diagnose on mammography and it often doesn't make a lump.
From the abcnews.go.com
The studies don't mean that women should abandon mammography, most experts say.
From the latimes.com
Diagnostic mammography is the technology we use to figure out what the lump is.
From the tennessean.com
Digital mammography displays images on a computer monitor rather than x-ray film.
From the cnn.com
Digital mammography improves these odds by giving radiologists electronic eyes.
From the time.com
Without mammography screening, a diagnosis is made when the tumour can be felt.
From the scienceblogs.com
- A diagnostic procedure to detect breast tumors by the use of X rays
- (mammogram) X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast
- Mammography is the process of using low-dose amplitude-X-rays (usually around 0.7 mSv) to examine the human breast and is used as a diagnostic and a screening tool. ...
- X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours
- (Mammogram) A series of breast x-rays used to discover pathology, particularly breast cancer.
- A mammogram is a specific form of X-ray that provides doctors with an image of breast tissue. Mammograms commonly help doctors detect lumps in the breast which may be cancerous.
- (Mammogram) An x-ray procedure used in the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer which can reveal a tumor in the breast long before it can be felt.
- (Mammogram) A low voltage X-ray photograph of the breast. It allows early detection of malignant or benign tumors and other microcalcification-containing lesions.
- (Mammogram) A special low-dose x-ray of the breast. It allows a doctor to see very small tumors that may not be able to be seen on a regular x-ray or felt by hand.
