Mammo-R Automatic Mammograph Produced by ROENTGENPROM JSC

Abstract

The first stage of development of a series of mammo graphs was finished at ROENTGENPROM JSC in late 2008. These mammographs are designed to run all types of mammographic examinations. The serial production of these mammographs was started in 2008. This series includes the first modern domestic film mammograph Mammo R (Fig. 1).Experience of domestic physicians and foreign man ufacturers was taken into account during development of this model. As a result, the Mammo R mammograph meets the requirements for a modern mammographic system for both screening and diagnostic examination of women. The Mammo R mammograph consists of 100% domestic components.Therefore, the first stage of development of domestic mammographs is complete. The Mammo R mammo graph has been available to Russian medical organizations since late 2008. Digital mammographs and biopsy units for Mammo R mammographs were developed at ROENTGENPROM JSC during the second and the third stages of the process of development of these domestic mammographs.The second stage (late 2009) will bring either a digi tal unit to the film mammograph or a completely digital mammograph.Advantages of a digital mammograph over a film mammograph include the ability to take higher quality photographs at lower radiation dose. The mammograph This work describes specifications of a modern domestic film mammograph available from ROENTGENPROM JSC. Serial production of this mammograph began in 2008. This was the end of the first stage of development of a series of mammographs. The second stage included manufacture of the Mammo RPTs digital scanning mammo graph. This stage will be finished in late 2009. A biopsy unit compatible with this mammograph will be developed in 2010. New Devices Fig. 1. General view of the Mammo R mammograph.