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Contrast Enhanced Investigations

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Sensitivity of mammography is limited especially in dense breasts [1]. Additional imaging modalities have been developed to compensate for some of the technical limitations of conventional mammography, such as lack of contrast and superimposing tissue.

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  1. Clinic of Radiology, Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

    Eva M. Fallenberg

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  1. University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom

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  2. Breast Care Unit, Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Chester, United Kingdom

    Judith Kelly

  3. The Nightingale Centre and Genesis Prevention Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe Hospital,, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Claire Mercer

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Fallenberg, E.M. (2015). Contrast Enhanced Investigations. In: Hogg, P., Kelly, J., Mercer, C. (eds) Digital Mammography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04831-4_34

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