Reduced compression mammography to reduce breast pain

Koichi Chida; Yuka Komatsu; Masahiro Sai; Asuka Nakagami; Takayuki Yamada; Takuya Yamashita; Issei Mori; Tadashi Ishibashi; Shin Maruoka; Masayuki Zuguchi

doi:10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.025

Reduced compression mammography to reduce breast pain

Koichi Chida, Yuka Komatsu, Masahiro Sai, Asuka Nakagami, Takayuki Yamada, Takuya Yamashita, Issei Mori, Tadashi Ishibashi, Shin Maruoka, Masayuki Zuguchi

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Abstract

This study evaluated whether reduced compression mammography to relieve breast tenderness is feasible. Women can better tolerate a compression force of approximately 90 N in mammography. The breast thickness increased approximately 3 mm when the compression force was reduced to 90 N, and although the radiation dose increased approximately 20%, the image quality was identical to that with standard compression. Many patients experience breast pain with a compression force of 120 N. Reduced compression force mammography is acceptable in women whose breasts are particularly sensitive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-10
Number of pages	4
Journal	Clinical Imaging
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinimag.2008.06.025
Publication status	Published - 2009 Jan

Keywords

Breast cancer
Film-screen mammography
Image quality
Radiation dose

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