Guidance

Breast screening: mammography equipment technical and practical evaluation reports

Published 2 June 2021

Applies to England

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The information below lists the available technical and practical evaluation reports for mammographic equipment currently in use in the NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHS BSP) in England.

Reports are listed by manufacturer and show:

  • the equipment name
  • the report date (most recent first)
  • whether the equipment is available for purchase

The National Co-ordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography (NCCPM) website hosts the full reports of the technical evaluations and the practical evaluations.

Equipment technical evaluations

See the NCCPM website for the technical evaluation reports of the equipment listed below.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm AMULET Innovality DBT system
Report date: 7 March 2018
For sale: Yes

Fujifilm Innovality
Report date: 24 February 2017
For sale: Yes

GE Healthcare

GE Senographe Pristina system in 2D mode
Report date: 16 December 2019
For sale: Yes

GE Senographe Pristina DBT system
Report date: 18 January 2019
For sale: Yes

GE SenoClaire DBT system
Report date: 29 January 2016
For sale: No

Hologic

Hologic Affirm prone biopsy system
Report date: 25 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Hologic 3Dimensions DBT system
Report date: 25 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Hologic 3D digital mammography system in 2D mode
Report date: 25 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Hologic Selenia Dimensions DBT
Report date: 1 August 2014
For sale: No

IMS Giotto

IMS Giotto Class digital mammography system in 2D mode
Report date: 8 July 2019
For sale: Yes

IMS Giotto Class DBT system
Report date: 12 November 2018
For sale: Yes

Philips

Philips MicroDose SI Digital mammography system
Report date: 1 February 2016
For sale: No

Siemens

Siemens Revelation digital mammography system in 2D mode
Report date: 18 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Siemens Revelation digital breast tomosynthesis
Report date: 13 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Siemens Mammomat Inspiration VB60
Report date: 18 December 2018
For sale: No

Siemens Inspiration PRIME mammography system
Report date: 29 March 2016
For sale: No

Siemens Mammomat Inspiration DBT
Report date: 1 January 2015
For sale: No

Equipment practical evaluations

See the NCCPM website for the practical evaluation reports of the equipment listed below.

Fujifilm

Fujifilm Amulet Innovality DBT system
Report date: 9 December 2019
For sale: Yes

Fujifilm Innovality
Report date: 24 February 2017
For sale: Yes

GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare Senographe Pristina DBT System
Report date: 21 April 2020
For sale: Yes

GE Healthcare Senographe Pristina 2D system
Report date: 2 March 2020
For sale: Yes

GE SenoClaire DBT system
Report date: 29 January 2016
For sale: No

Hologic

Hologic 3Dimensions in tomosynthesis mode
Report date: 12 August 2020
For sale: Yes

Hologic 3Dimensions in 2D mode
Report date: 9 December 2019
For sale: Yes

Hologic Affirm Prone Biopsy System
Report date: 27 March 2019
For sale: Yes

Hologic Affirm DBT biopsy system
Report date: 30 December 2015
For sale: Yes

Hologic Selenia Dimensions DBT system
Report date: 1 July 2014
For sale: No

IMS Giotto

IMS Giotto Class evaluation
Report date: 12 August 2020
For sale: Yes

Philips

Philips MicroDose SI Digital mammography system
Report date: 15 March 2016
For sale: No

Siemens

Siemens Mammomat Revelation
Report date: 12 August 2020
For sale: Yes

Siemens Inspiration PRIME system
Report date: 2 March 2020
For sale: Yes

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