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Mammography has been digitized in all cases at our hospital. Digital mammography (MMG) of our hospital and its diagnostic accuracy were described in this report. Fuji Computed Radiography (FCR; Fuji Medical Systems, Tokyo, Japan) imaging plate was used and imaging data were processed with FCR 7000 or FCR 9000. Each image was output to a single hard copy. Sampling pitches for reading and output were 0.1 mm. The rate of breast cancer diagnosis by digital MMG was 67%, 95%, 94%, and 100% for unpalpable tumor, tumor less than ϕ 2 cm, tumor of ϕ 2 to 5 cm, and tumor greater than ϕ 5 cm, respectively, being 94% overall. Digital MMG enables us to establish goal-oriented image-processing conditions. The use of digital MMG, which provides an excellent diagnostic rate similar to that of screen-film MMG, is expected to became wide-spread in the near future.
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Nawano, S. Evaluation of digital mammography in diagnosis of breast cancer. J Digit Imaging 8 (Suppl 1), 67–69 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168070
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03168070