Sept. 14 – 3D Mammography At Peninsula Imaging

Peninsula Imaging is proud to be the first to offer an exciting new technology to Maryland’s lower Eastern Shore – breast tomosynthesis or 3D mammography.

Tomosynthesis is the single most significant advancement in breast cancer detection in 30 years. Breast tomosynthesis uses high-powered computing to convert digital breast images into a stack of very thin layers or “slices” – building what is essentially a “3-dimensional mammogram”. Our investment in this technology makes it possible for Radiologists to see breast tissue detail in a way never before possible. Instead of viewing all the complexities of breast tissue in a flat image, the Radiologist can examine the breast in one millimeter slices at a time.

Fine details are more clearly visible, no longer hidden by the tissue above and below. Conventional mammograms take only one picture, across the entire breast, in two directions: top to bottom and side to side – resulting in 4 flattened images.

With 3D mammography, numerous images are collected and reconstructed into thin slices of breast tissue. It is similar to being able to read each page of a book rather than peering through all the pages at once.