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  • Medical Physics
  • Oncology

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  • Digital breast imaging technologies are crucial for breast cancer detection.
  • Assessing radiation doses and associated cancer risks is vital for patient safety.
  • Various modalities exist, from standard digital mammography to advanced techniques.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe radiation doses and cancer risks associated with digital breast imaging.
  • To compare risks across different breast imaging modalities.
  • To evaluate the benefit-to-radiation-risk ratios for these technologies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of radiation doses for digital mammography (DM), digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), contrast-enhanced mammography (CEM), whole-breast CT, BSGI, MBI, and PEM.
  • Analysis of cancer risk estimation methodologies.
  • Comparison of radiation doses and risks across imaging techniques.

Main Results:

  • X-ray-based modalities (DM, DBT) have small to negligible cancer risks.
  • Newer modalities like CEM show similar small risks.
  • Radionuclide-based imaging (BSGI, MBI, PEM) carry higher risks without dose optimization.
  • Benefit-to-risk ratios are favorable for DM and comparable/better modalities with low doses.

Conclusions:

  • Current digital breast imaging methods (DM, DBT) present minimal radiation-induced cancer risks.
  • Emerging technologies require careful evaluation of radiation exposure and benefit.
  • Optimized radionuclide imaging can be safe, but requires efficient systems and reduced doses.