To overcome the challenges of tissue overlap in two-dimensional mammography, Siemens is constantly working on further enhancing mammography capabilities. With tomosynthesis, several views of the breast are acquired from different viewing angles and slice images are reconstructed into a 3D volume set. With this method, physicians can look through single slices of each breast with less overlap. This makes it much easier to determine the size of a lesion and the characteristics of the surrounding tissue. Not only clinicians benefit from this new technology – for women, this may mean that they have to undergo less repeat examinations and get an earlier diagnosis and consequently, improved treatment.

Siemens MAMMOMAT^® Inspiration is a highly flexible mammography platform for screening, diagnostics, and stereotactic biopsy that is already established and approved. Its basic system architecture, including stand, generator, detector, and software, is already prepared for future 3D imaging with tomosynthesis**. Furthermore, it is the only system in industry upgradeable on-site to tomosynthesis.