TomoSPOT® for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

Image of Beekley Medical TomoSPOT mole marker indicating location of skin lesion under digital breast tomosynthesis. Standard screening, right CC view, slice 56.

For Today's More Sensitive 3D Mammography Equipment

TomoSPOT skin markers are tested and proven to communicate with minimal distraction in digital breast tomosynthesis, or 3D mammography.

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis reveals greater tissue detail in high resolution slices, increasing the number of images a radiologist must review.

Despite its enhanced imaging, questions and uncertainties regarding findings still arise in 3D mammography

That area of architectural distortion could be from a previous surgery, or it could be something new. That suspicious superficial lesion could be a skin mole, or it could be a cancer.

TomoSPOT's five distinct shapes subtly, yet clearly, communicate the location of moles, skin scars from prior surgeries, palpable masses, nipple position, focal pain or other non-palpable areas of concern with clear visualization of underlying tissue directly on the mammographic image.

A proactive, routine skin marking protocol in 3D mammography with TomoSPOT has been proven to improve specificity and:

Reduce risk of false negatives and false positives

Reduce unnecessary additional views and callbacks

Provide visual documentation of breast anatomy from year to year and when transferring images

Reduce radiologist reading time on average by 1.34 minutes per case¹

¹Tomosynthesis Abstract Preview Radiologist Read-Time

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Beekley Skin Marking System® for Mammography - 5 shapes

Provides standardization for communicating areas of concern

"Radiologists like myself, who read at multiple sites, additionally benefit from consistent use of a skin marker shape system. It provides standardization and an easier way to identify specific areas of concern."

Terri-Ann Gizienski, MD, Director Breast Imaging, Pittsburg

Adds certainty to findings

"Using skin markers lets you correlate with 100% certainty that it is the same finding on the two views."

Christina V. Jacobs, MD, Director of Breast Imaging, Kalamazoo, MI

Helps reduce unnecessary callbacks, patient anxiousness

"Consistently marking with this visual communication system aids patients by reducing call backs and potentially saving them from additional views and added radiation, all of which contribute to reducing the patient’s anxiousness and enhancing the overall experience."

Michael Linver, MD, FACR, FSBI, Albuquerque, NM

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