Improved detection with digital breast tomosynthesis: harnessing graphics processing power yields major cancer screening advance, next-generation programming architecture.(IMAGING)

Scientific Computing, March, 2007 by Janzen, J. Daniel

A longtime leader in breast cancer detection and diagnosis, the Breast Imaging Division in the Department of Radiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has been instrumental in helping bring new screening approaches to the field. MGH's technological innovation and clinical research have enabled doctors to catch tumors earlier in their growth cycle--a key factor in saving lives. When breast cancer is caught before it has spread to other parts of the body, patients have shown a 97 percent five-year survival rate, and early detection using screening mammography has been shown to reduce the overall death rate by 30 percent. As a result of more widespread and regular screening, while the overall breast cancer rate in the U.S. is increasing, the death rate has...

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