For physicians
Refer a patient for compression-free 3D breast imaging.
Breast CT is read by a fellowship-trained breast radiologist, and the report comes back to you.
Indications
- Unable to tolerate compression
- Pain
- Lump
- Swelling
- Thickening
- Nipple discharge
- Nipple changes
- Abscess
- Implant evaluation (rupture or risk of rupture)
- Implant removal or planning
- Biopsy-proven benign mass or fibroadenoma
- Microcalcifications on prior imaging
- Breast density
- Prior findings on compression mammogram
- Personal history of breast cancer
- Family history of breast or ovarian cancer
How referral works
Send the referral or call our office.
We contact your patient and schedule the scan.
A fellowship-trained breast radiologist reads the scan, and the report is returned to your office.
- Office phone
- (214) 764-8042
Why patients ask for it
In one observational study, 73% of women reported pain after compression mammography, and about one in five were unsure or unwilling to return to the same facility (Van Goethem et al., 2003). Removing compression removes that barrier for the scan itself.
Evidence at a glance
89.2% vs 78.4%
Cancers detected in dense breasts: breast CT vs. compression mammography
He et al., European Journal of Radiology, 2016 (212 patients)
92% vs 77%
Sensitivity across eight head-to-head studies
Yang et al., European Journal of Radiology, 2024 (meta-analysis, 847 patients)
~5.8 mGy
Radiation per breast, within the range of a diagnostic compression mammogram (4.3 to 10 mGy)
Siddall et al., Current Breast Cancer Reports, 2024
Labeling and scope
Our 3D breast CT system (Koning Vera) is FDA-approved (PMA P130025). Biopsy is not performed at our office. Billing codes for breast CT were established in 2021; we currently offer breast CT as a $499 self-pay exam.