That is, until the salesman shows up at the next year's convention with a design for a mammography machine.
Eighty to 90 percent of mammography machines now in use have been checked to assure that they deliver the appropriate dose.
The United States is probably oversupplied with mammography machines and radiologists to interpret the films.
The system has the potential to diagnose the 10 to 15 percent of cancers that doctors say are missed by the traditional film-screen mammography machines.
Mammograms would be cheaper and perhaps more effective in preventing breast cancer deaths if the United States had fewer mammography machines, researchers said today.
And they complain of red tape that delays the purchase of up-to-date medical equipment, like the latest mammography machine.
Just as you did for the screening mammogram, you'll need to undress above the waist and stand in front of the mammography machine.
At least 10,000 approved mammography machines would be needed if all the women who should have mammograms could be persuaded to come for them.
Health professionals are struggling to get the women to mammography machines.
It also purchased a van with a mammography machine that would travel to workplaces and shopping centers.