Transition from Film to Digital Mammography
The move from film based mammography to digital detector based systems enabled improved image processing dynamic range and workflow efficiency and early clinical deployments demonstrated advantages in image storage retrieval and in the ability to apply computer aided detection and quantitative analysis to breast imaging
Technical and Quality Considerations
Digital mammography required detector optimization compression technique and display calibration and early validation studies compared digital and film performance across lesion types and breast densities and informed guidelines for screening and diagnostic use
Population Screening and Diagnostic Impact
Digital mammography facilitated organized screening programs and enabled easier image sharing for second opinions and for quality assurance and the technology also supported later advances such as tomosynthesis which further improved lesion conspicuity and reduced recall rates