Sectra MicroDose Mammography is based on the company’s proprietary photon counting technology which improves cancer detection.
Unlike traditional analog and digital mammography modalities, which require a higher dose of radiation to ensure image quality, Sectra MicroDose Mammography detects x-ray photons individually.
Thereby the Sectra MicroDose detector makes it possible to reduce the radiation dose by half from that used by other digital or film based systems, while still obtaining as high or higher image quality.
Images are delivered with 25 megapixles, which are two to four times higher resolution than that of other digital systems.
The high resolution of the images aids detection of early changes that occur with breast cancer.
It has been used for more than seven years and is operational in countries throughout Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.
Recently, the system was also approved in Canada and Russia.
Sectra president Jesper Soderqvist said their technology in a large European research project is used for developing and evaluating new revolutionary breast cancer detection methods.
