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Each of the three breast imaging procedures discussed in this paper already has or may eventually have the ability to provide clinically useful information that complements the detailed anatomic information currently available from X-ray mammography. None of these procedures is expected to replace mammography as the first-line imaging technique for the detection and diagnosis of benign and malignant breast lesions. Computed tomographic (CT) scanning utilizes ionizing radiation to produce high-contrast images in a cross-sectional display. A few special indications for the procedure already have been established, applying to a very small percentage of mammography patients. However, it is unliksely that the technique will find much more widespread use in the future. Transillumination and magnetic resonance imaging do not use ionizing radiation, and are as yet unproved methods for breast cancer diagnosis.
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Sickles, E.A. (1987). Computed Tomography Scanning, Transillumination, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Breast. In: Brünner, S., Langfeldt, B. (eds) Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82964-2_5
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