Women Should Have 3d Mammograms - 1394 Words

Women Should Have 3D Mammograms Standard Number; 6.4.D Technology has changed drastically over the last several decades; for instance, telephones have gone from rotary style with party lines to individual wireless phones the size of your palm. Similarly, mammograms have gone through a transformation due to technological advances. In the past, mammograms were performed by compressing breast tissue, and a series of 2D pictures were taken. This process took a long time and was very painful and uncomfortable. This made many women reluctant to go through the process of mammography; however, in the last few years, a new form of mammography has been evolving with new technology. The old 2D mammography has been updated to the new style of 3D†¦show more content†¦Additionally, invasive tumors that may not be detected by regular mammograms are detectable by 3D mammography (â€Å"3D Mammograms†). The one-size-fits-all mammography testing and guidelines have changed over the years due to the fact that there are differences in the siz e and density of breasts. The detection rates of lumps and suspicious tissues in the breast area have also risen with the 3D mammography. This is why it is important to have a 3D mammography along with a standard digital mammography (â€Å"3DMammography†) The second reason men and women should have a 3D mammography is the clearer picture that is produced. It allows a doctor to see lumps and cancerous tissues that would be otherwise hidden on the standard mammography because the breast tissues are compressed, which creates overlapping sections of breast tissue. The standard 2D mammography is not able to see what is in the depths of the overlapping tissues as it uses only two directions to take each picture in the series of pictures (â€Å"Digital†). 3D mammography is a new kind of testing, which eliminates multiple x-rays of the breast area as it uses an x-ray tube that takes eleven pictures in seven seconds while moving in an arc around the breast, and creating a 3D image (â€Å"Digital†). 3D mammograms will show if there is any type of small lump. It can detect the cancerous cells and lumps better as result of better imaging and with less pressure than a