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Clinical Imaging of Microwave Mammography
Published on: November 14, 2025
Visualization of Breast Microcalcifications on Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and 2-Dimensional Digital Mammography
Jieun Byun1, Jee Eun Lee1, Eun Suk Cha1
1Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to compare the visibility of microcalcifications of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and full-field digital mammography (FFDM) using breast specimens.
Materials And Methods:
Thirty-one specimens' DBT and FFDM were retrospectively reviewed by four readers.
Results:
The image quality of microcalcifications of DBT was rated as superior or equivalent in 71.0% by reader 1, 67.8% by reader 2, 64.5% by reader 3, and 80.6% by reader 4. The Fleiss kappa statistic for agreement among readers was 0.31.
Conclusions:
We suggest that image quality of DBT appears to be comparable with or better than FFDM in terms of revealing microcalcifications.
