Guidance

Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

Information on the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in the NHS breast screening programme.

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Public Health England
Published
1 September 2010
Last updated
4 May 2023 — See all updates

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Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

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Breast screening: tomosynthesis image reporting template

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This guidance is for breast mammographers using tomosynthesis as an additional assessment tool for screen-detected soft tissue breast abnormalities.

Published 1 September 2010
Last updated 4 May 2023 + show all updates

  1. Minor update about the development of training images becoming available.

  2. Edited 'Training requirements' section - completion of training module on DBT and contrast-enhanced spectral mammography no longer required.

  3. Added section on tomosynthesis training and added new tomosynthesis image reporting template.

  4. Document updated and revised.

  5. First published.

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