Breast Imaging - Pictorial Essay

Technique and clinical applications of dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) in breast cancer evaluation: a pictorial essay

10.5152/dir.2020.19573

  • Rashmi Sudhir
  • Veeraiah Koppula
  • Anitha Mandava
  • Sannapareddy Kamala
  • Alekya Potlapalli

Received Date: 07.11.2019 Accepted Date: 07.03.2020 Diagn Interv Radiol 2021;27(1):28-36

This pictorial essay illustrates an overview of the basic technique used in acquiring dual-energy contrast-enhanced digital mammography (CEDM) images and its potential clinical applications in regular practice. CEDM may be used as a low-cost alternative to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), as a problem-solving tool in clinical practice and for therapeutic planning of breast cancer, which may include high-risk screening, dense breast evaluation, mammographically equivocal lesions, local staging, treatment response evaluation, and post treatment follow-up. We share our experience of CEDM at a tertiary care cancer hospital.