Mammography

"Mammography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Radiographic examination of the breast.

Descriptor ID	D008327
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.350.700.500
Concept/Terms	Mammography Mammography Mammographies Digital Mammography Digital Mammography Digital Mammographies Mammographies, Digital Mammography, Digital Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Breast Tomosyntheses, Digital Breast Tomosynthesis, Digital Digital Breast Tomosyntheses 3D-Mammography 3D Mammography 3D-Mammographies X-ray Breast Tomosynthesis Breast Tomosyntheses, X-ray Breast Tomosynthesis, X-ray X ray Breast Tomosynthesis X-ray Breast Tomosyntheses

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Mammography".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Diagnostic Imaging [E01.370.350]
Radiography [E01.370.350.700]
Mammography [E01.370.350.700.500]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Mammography".

Mammography
Xeromammography

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mammography" by people in this website by year, and whether "Mammography" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 202 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	3	1	4
1997	3	0	3
1998	3	1	4
1999	3	1	4
2000	7	0	7
2001	1	1	2
2002	5	1	6
2003	1	3	4
2004	3	1	4
2005	3	1	4
2006	4	1	5
2007	8	0	8
2008	4	3	7
2009	5	3	8
2010	5	5	10
2011	9	0	9
2012	6	3	9
2013	8	0	8
2014	4	1	5
2015	4	4	8
2016	5	3	8
2017	6	4	10
2018	8	0	8
2019	7	2	9
2020	5	2	7
2021	3	4	7
2022	3	8	11
2023	0	7	7
2024	5	5	10
2025	3	0	3
2026	2	1	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Mammography" by people in Profiles.

Larsen TC, Tseng HW, Ross W, Araujo S, Wu P, Haneda E, Davis C, Karellas A, Vedantham S. Development and performance evaluation of an upright dedicated cone-beam breast CT system. Med Phys. 2026 Sep; 53(9):e70664.

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Nasrin S, Oulhote Y, Grandjean P, Nielsen F, Hadro J, Lombardo A, Reeves KW. Serum perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) concentrations and associations with mammographic density in postmenopausal women. Breast Cancer Res. 2026 Jul 07; 28(1).

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Lozoraitis CA, Vijayaraghavan G, Lofrumento P. 2021 Return-to-Screening ACS quality improvement project: Increasing mammography screenings post-COVID at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Surgery. 2026 Jun; 194:110185.

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Dwan D, Konstantopoulos C, Mehta TS, Brook A, Dialani V, Fein-Zachary VJ, Karimova EJ, Lotfi P, Mehta RJ, Phillips J. Contrast-Enhanced Mammography: Does Image Acquisition Time and Projection Order Matter? J Breast Imaging. 2025 12 13; 7(6):696-704.

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Milman R, Bevins NB, Alhamami M, Busse N, Dohatcu A, Hulme KW, Jafari ME, LaFontaine SM, Nawfel RD, Nelson JS, Russ MK, Silosky M, Wait JM. AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline MPPG 17.a: Quality management for mammography review workstation displays. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2025 Apr; 26(4):e14625.

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Tseng HW, Fu Z, Vedantham S. Simultaneous reduction of radiation dose and scatter-to-primary ratio using a truncated detector and advanced algorithms for dedicated cone-beam breast CT. Biomed Phys Eng Express. 2025 03 03; 11(2).

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Jung W, Park YM, Park SH, Han K, Park J, Yeo Y, Lee JK, Sandler DP, Shin DW. Novel Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tools for Pre- and Postmenopausal Asian Women: Development and Validation in a Nationwide Mammographic Screening Cohort. Cancer Res Treat. 2025 Oct; 57(4):1051-1063.

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Fazeli S, Narayan AK, Mango VL, Wahab R, Mehta TS, Ojeda-Fournier H. Access to Breast Cancer Screening: Disparities and Determinants-AJR Expert Panel Narrative Review. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2025 08; 225(2):e2432151.

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Brink L, Romero RA, Coombs L, Tilkin M, Mazaheri S, Gichoya J, Zaiman Z, Trivedi H, Medina A, Bizzo BC, Chang K, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Kalra MK, Astuto B, Ramirez C, Majumdar S, Lee AY, Lee CI, Cross NM, Chen PH, Ciancibello M, Chiunda A, Nachand D, Shah C, Wald C. Multi-Institutional Evaluation and Training of Breast Density Classification AI Algorithm Using ACR Connect and AI-LAB. J Am Coll Radiol. 2025 02; 22(2):211-219.

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Sharma N, Mehta TS, Wahab RA, Patel MM. Facilitating Culturally Competent Breast Imaging Care in South Asian Patients. J Breast Imaging. 2024 09 11; 6(5):529-538.

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