Computer-aided detection (CAD) mammogram

Normal mammogram

Normal left mammogram of heterogeneously dense breast. Cancer can be difficult to detect in a woman with this type of breast tissue because the fibroglandular tissue (whiter areas) may hide the tumor.

Normal left mammogram of fatty breast. Breast cancer is relatively easy to detect in a woman with this type of breast tissue.

Mammography procedure

Mammography procedure

Digital mammography procedure

Subglandular breast implants (Imp) in the right breast. Note the pectoral muscle (PM), which passes behind the implant rather than over it. Subpectoral implants are also performed.
CC = Craniocaudal, (i.e., 'head to tail'), referring to the view the xray was taken from.
MLO = Mediolateral Oblique (i.e., at an angle).
B = Breast tissue, normal appearance.
Imp = Implant; appears white because the implant stops xrays from passing through to the film or receptor.
PM = Pectoralis major Muscle
Axial view of the chest (as though the body were sliced in half), showing:

Your Radiologist Explains Mammography

Mammography unit