Accuracy of cone-beam computed tomography, digital mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis for microcalcifications and margins to microcalcifications in breast specimens

Abstract Accurate determination of resection margins in breast specimens is important as complete removal of malignancy is a prerequisite for patients’ outcome. Mammography (DM) as 2D-technique provides only limited value in margin assessment. Therefore, we investigated whether cone-beam computed to...

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Main Authors: Claudia Neubauer, Jannina Samantha Yilmaz, Peter Bronsert, Martin Pichotka, Fabian Bamberg, Marisa Windfuhr-Blum, Thalia Erbes, Jakob Neubauer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-21616-3