Telemammography is a great advance that shows the results in an instantly way and above all reliable, in order to diagnose as soon as possible a breast cancer; which has increased the mortality rate in recent years.
Thanks to this technology, it is more easy and simple to perform the mammography; one of many routine tests that women should be done after turning 30 years old. In fact, the National Cancer Institute; states that this method of diagnosis is the most effective with a sensitivity and specificity of 90%.
Experts insist that woman must undergo to this evaluation every six months or every year depending on the case, since there are women who need to be more alert than others; either by carcinogenic history or suspected tumors.
In this sense, telemammography or digital mammography, shows an improvement in the quality and safety of these diagnostics; it even does not need repetition or additional projections. In addition, it breaks the constraints that prevent access to women who live in remote areas, but how does it work?
Each medical institution or specialized issuer center has a mammography device with digitizer by “hardware”, who must be a specialist radiologist in the area. The study occurs as always and the images are sent through the Internet to be viewed and interpreted in less than 24 hours. The equipment must be in optimum conditions to ensure a precise diagnosis for the patient.
The digital mammography device, explores the X-ray images in computer code and sends the disquisition to the main center; then makes the radiographic film printing. After being reviewed by the radiologist can be concluded with the purpose of studying the subtle differences between tissues. X-rays are captured with special digital detectors for these tests.
The tissues have chemical compositions and similar consistencies among themselves, therefore, to be able to distinguish them in an image or radiographic film, it is absolutely indispensable to use low energy photons and smaller bulbs than other typical equipment.
Definitely, this opens a window of opportunities for those women; who for some reason, they do not have the time or money to travel several times to specialized centers to perform these studies would allow to discover or rule out a possible breast cancer; taking into account that the early diagnosis can save many lives.
Similarly, with this technological advance in the field of health; the chances of detecting abnormalities are higher and faster than having an analog mammography. Finally, remember that breast cancer is one of the diseases that cause of death in the world; therefore, mammography, ultrasound and the self-examination are the keys to obtain a diagnosis on time; and if it is performed each time that is directed by your specialist, it will be curable in 95%.
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