3D Mammograms

With conventional digital mammography, the radiologist is viewing all the complexities of your breast tissue in one flat image. Sometimes breast tissue can overlap, giving the illusion of normal breast tissue looking like an abnormal area.

By looking at the breast tissue in one-millimeter slices, the radiologist can provide a more confident assessment. In this way, 3D mammography finds cancers missed with conventional 2D mammography. It also means there is less chance your doctor will call you back later for a “second look,” because now they can see breast tissue more clearly.

3D tomography allows doctors to detect more breast cancers than traditional mammograms. In addition, this technology has found 40 percent more breast cancers and has reduced the number of false positives.

As far as your experience, they are not different. The difference is seen from the doctors' perspective because the technology provides them with a more detailed view. 3D mammography complements standard 2D mammography and is performed at the same time with the same system. There is no additional compression required, and it only takes a few seconds longer for each view.