Mammography is a well established technique that has been proven to reduce the death rate for breast cancer in screened populations of women. Since the last edition of this book, major changes have occurred in breast imaging. Mammography has been well established and is utilized as a screening and diagnostic tool. Breast ultrasound and MRI are also used frequently in the evaluation of abnormalities. Breast interventional procedures are more varied and serve to diagnose breast lesions. Digital mammography has been developed, approved by the Food and Drug Administration and is utilized in the United States and abroad.
The Mammography Quality Standards Act was passed by Congress and implemented, and is an important mechanism for standardizing and improving the quality of mammography services. The training of radiologists in breast imaging is now a well established component of radiology residency programs. Even with improved techniques, tools and training, the challenge for the radiologist remains to identify breast cancer when it is small and curable.
The focus of this book is to present via mammographic images, the patterns of normal and abnormal breasts so that radiologists may be better equipped to identify breast cancers. The Atlas of Mammography serves as a primary training tool as well as a reference source when one is faced with a diagnostic dilemma. The book is organized based on a pattern-recognition format, thereby facilitating its use as a reference source.
Chapters on anatomy, techniques and positioning and an approach to mammographic analysis are once again included as well as a series of chapters on masses, calcifications, dilated ducts, the edema pattern and asymmetries. The male breast, the axilla, the post surgical and augmented breast are covered as well as a series of chapters on breast interventions and the roles of ultrasound and MRI.
New chapters in this book are those on asymmetries and distortions, the augmented breast, galactography, needle localization, percutaneous breast biopsy, ultrasound and MRI. In each chapter, comprehensive differential diagnoses are presented with cases demonstrating the various entities.
Images were acquired on Siemens analog and full field digital units. All mammographic images are presented with the patient's left to the reader's left. I prefer to read film screen images in this orientation so that the surface glare from the non emulsion side of the film is reduced.
-- Ellen Shaw de Paredes
The Mammography Quality Standards Act was passed by Congress and implemented, and is an important mechanism for standardizing and improving the quality of mammography services. The training of radiologists in breast imaging is now a well established component of radiology residency programs. Even with improved techniques, tools and training, the challenge for the radiologist remains to identify breast cancer when it is small and curable.
Chapters on anatomy, techniques and positioning and an approach to mammographic analysis are once again included as well as a series of chapters on masses, calcifications, dilated ducts, the edema pattern and asymmetries. The male breast, the axilla, the post surgical and augmented breast are covered as well as a series of chapters on breast interventions and the roles of ultrasound and MRI.
New chapters in this book are those on asymmetries and distortions, the augmented breast, galactography, needle localization, percutaneous breast biopsy, ultrasound and MRI. In each chapter, comprehensive differential diagnoses are presented with cases demonstrating the various entities.
Images were acquired on Siemens analog and full field digital units. All mammographic images are presented with the patient's left to the reader's left. I prefer to read film screen images in this orientation so that the surface glare from the non emulsion side of the film is reduced.
-- Ellen Shaw de Paredes
Key Features
- Comprehensive guide to interpreting mammograms.
- Over 1,500 mammographic images.
- Presents the full spectrum of manifestations of breast diseases, as well as cases involving the postsurgical and augmented breast.
- Organized according to the pattern seen on the mammogram to develop readers' pattern recognition skills and to allow quic. k and complete definition of etiologies and clinical implications for a particular finding.
- Third Edition includes new chapters on:
- the augmented breast
- the role of ultrasound and MRI in breast imaging
- imaging-guided breast interventions
- Chapter 1 - Anatomy of the Breast
- Chapter 2 - Techniques and Positioning in Mammography
- Chapter 3 - An Approach to Mammographic Analysis
- Chapter 4 - Circumscribed Masses
- Chapter 5 - Indistinct and Spiculated Masses
- Chapter 6 - Analysis of Calcifications
- Chapter 7 - Prominent Ductal Patterns
- Chapter 8 - Asymmetry and Architectural Distortion
- Chapter 9 - The Thickened Skin Pattern
- Chapter 10 - The Axilla
- Chapter 11 - The Male Breast
- Chapter 12 - The Postsurgical Breast
- Chapter 13 - The Augmented Breast
- Chapter 14 - Galactography
- Chapter 15 - Needle Localization
- Chapter 16 - Percutaneous Breast Biopsy
- Chapter 17 - The Roles of Ultrasound and Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Evaluation of the Breast
Product Details
- Hardcover: 704 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third edition (May 1, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781764335
- ISBN-13: 978-0781764339
- Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 12.8 x 11.5 inches