What to Know About Digital Mammography

A mammogram that is a digital image is just as effective at finding breast cancer as one done traditionally with X-rays, which is called analog mammography.

Digital technology  offers several potential advantages over the current film/screen method for mammography. Unlike film images, digital images:

• Can be stored and transferred electronically

• Can be manipulated to correct for underexposure or overexposure, potentially eliminating the need for another mammogram

• Have a large dynamic range that allows examination of all areas of the breast, despite varying densities