Digital breast tomosynthesis might not be the optimal modality for detecting microcalcification.

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Performance of digital breast tomosynthesis with digital mammography for detecting breast cancer in the diagnostic setting: a meta-analysis.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025
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2. Accuracy and reading time for six strategies using digital breast tomosynthesis in women with mammographically negative dense breasts.European radiology · 2017
   Trial
3. Diagnostic Performance of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis with the Two-Dimensional Synthesized Mammogram for Suspicious Breast Microcalcifications Compared to Full-Field Digital Mammography in Stereotactic Breast Biopsy.Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2022
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4. Can digital breast tomosynthesis improve identification of malignant calcifications?Radiological physics and technology · 2020
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5. One-view digital breast tomosynthesis as a stand-alone modality for breast cancer detection: do we need more?European radiology · 2018
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Corrections and comments

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  Digital breast tomosynthesis: observer performance of clustered microcalcification detection on breast phantom images acquired with an experimental system using variable scan angles, angular increments, and number of projection views.2014

Authors and funding

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