Spiculated Mass with Breast Tomosynthesis

Stephen Poplack, M.D. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Clinical Evaluation:

Spic mass: Mass was detected with US, but not visible with mammography.

Breast tomosynthesis is a 3-dimensional imaging technology that involves acquiring images of a stationary compressed breast at multiple angles during a short scan. The individual images are then reconstructed into a series of thin high-resolution slices that can be displayed individually or in a dynamic ciné mode.

Digital breast tomosynthesis offers a number of exciting opportunities including the possibility of reduced breast compression, improved diagnostic and screening accuracy, 3-D lesion localization, and contrast-enhanced 3-D imaging

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