TY - JOUR
T1 - Contrast-enhanced mammography
T2 - How does it work?
AU - Sensakovic, William F.
AU - Carnahan, Molly B.
AU - Czaplicki, Christopher D.
AU - Fahrenholtz, Samuel
AU - Panda, Anshuman
AU - Zhou, Yuxiang
AU - Pavlicek, William
AU - Patel, Bhavika
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RSNA, 2021.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is an imaging technique that uses iodinated contrast medium to improve visualization of breast lesions and assessment of tumor neovascularity. Through modifications in x-ray energy, high-and low-energy images of the breast are combined to highlight areas of contrast medium pooling. The use of contrast material introduces different workflows, artifacts, and risks related to the contrast medium dose. In addition, the need to acquire multiple images in each view introduces different workflows, artifacts, and risks associated with the radiation dose. Although CEM and conventional mammography share many underlying principles, it is important to understand how these two mammographic examinations differ and the mechanisms that facilitate image contrast at CEM.
AB - Contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM) is an imaging technique that uses iodinated contrast medium to improve visualization of breast lesions and assessment of tumor neovascularity. Through modifications in x-ray energy, high-and low-energy images of the breast are combined to highlight areas of contrast medium pooling. The use of contrast material introduces different workflows, artifacts, and risks related to the contrast medium dose. In addition, the need to acquire multiple images in each view introduces different workflows, artifacts, and risks associated with the radiation dose. Although CEM and conventional mammography share many underlying principles, it is important to understand how these two mammographic examinations differ and the mechanisms that facilitate image contrast at CEM.
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U2 - 10.1148/rg.2021200167
DO - 10.1148/rg.2021200167
M3 - Article
C2 - 33835871
AN - SCOPUS:85105951527
SN - 0271-5333
VL - 41
SP - 829
EP - 839
JO - Radiographics
JF - Radiographics
IS - 3
ER -