Xeroradiography of the breast with an improved technique

Xeromammograms taken by the technique described by Wolfe and Lutterbeck are time consuming as compared to filmmammography. As there is no automatic exposure setting, about 20% of our xeroradiographs had to be repeated on account of wrong exposures. That's why we developed a new attachment ensuring a good compression of the breast and equipped with an automatic exposure timing. We use this since October 1974. All xeromammograms are taken with the patients within a short time. Usually there is no need to repeat a xeromammogram because of wrong exposure.