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  • Title: Mammography using an ultrahigh-strip-density, stationary, focused grid.
    Author: Dershaw DD, Masterson ME, Malik S, Cruz NM.
    Journal: Radiology; 1985 Aug; 156(2):541-4. PubMed ID: 4011922.
    Abstract:
    A 1-mm-thick, stationary, ultrahigh-strip-density, focused grid was evaluated with respect to patient radiation dose and mammographic image quality as it affected the resolution of microcalcifications and masses. Radiographic technique was varied to determine the most useful alteration to improve image quality with the grid. Results from 89 patients demonstrated that no improvement in diagnostic ability was found in women with fatty breasts. As breast density increased, the advantage of the grid technique became more apparent. Grid mammography also often solved the problem of questionable microcalcifications with improved visualization of their number and geometry.
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