Normal Group:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Are at least 40 years of age of any ethnicity
- Had a routine mammogram, read as BI-RADSĀ® 0, 1, 2 or 3
- Will undergo study imaging no later than six months from date of routine mammogram.
- Is able to undergo informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Lactation
- Patients with physical limitations that may prohibit resting prone on the exam table,
such as, but not limited to: frozen shoulder, recent heart surgery, pace maker.
- Patients who are unable to tolerate study constraints.
- Patients who have received radiation treatments to the thorax for malignant and
nonmalignant conditions, such as (but not limited to)
- Treatment for enlarged thymus gland as an infant
- Irradiation for benign breast conditions, including breast inflammation after
giving birth
- Treatment for Hodgkin's disease
- Patients who have participated in a prior breast clinical trial that gave additional
radiation dose, such as an additional mammogram.
- Patients who have received large numbers of diagnostic x-ray examinations for
monitoring of disease such as (but not limited to)
- Tuberculosis
- Severe scoliosis
Diagnostic Group:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women who are at least 40 years of age of any ethnicity
- Have a palpable abnormality detected by Breast Self Exam (BSE), or Clinical Breast
Exam (CBE) or have a non-palpable abnormality detected by an imaging modality
- After diagnostic work-up are categorized as BI-RADSĀ® 4 or 5.
- Are scheduled for biopsy either by large gauge needle biopsy or excisional biopsy.
- Will undergo study imaging prior to biopsy and within four weeks of diagnostic
work-up.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Lactation
- Patients who have already undergone biopsy for the index lesion
- Patients who are unable or unwilling to undergo biopsy for the lesion of concern
- Patients with physical limitations that may prohibit the patient from resting prone
on the exam table, such as, but not limited to: frozen shoulder, recent heart
surgery, pace maker.
- Patients who are unable to tolerate study constraints.
- Patients who have received radiation treatments to the thorax or breast area for
malignant and nonmalignant conditions, such as (but not limited to)
- Treatment for enlarged thymus gland as an infant
- Irradiation for benign breast conditions, including breast inflammation after
giving birth
- Treatment for Hodgkin's disease
- Patients who have participated in a prior breast clinical trial that gave additional
radiation dose, such as an additional mammogram.
- Patients who have received large numbers of diagnostic x-ray examinations for
monitoring of disease such as (but not limited to)
- Tuberculosis
- Severe scoliosis