WHAT ARE DENSE BREASTS?
Breasts are composed of both glandular tissue and fat.
Having dense breasts means that you have more glandular tissue in your breasts than fat. Breast density is not something you can feel or visualize. The only way to determine breast density is through mammography.
However, having dense breasts impacts the ability to detect breast cancer using mammography. The reason is because both dense glandular tissue and cancer appear white on a mammogram, making it difficult to detect cancer surrounded by dense breast tissue.
In Fact:
Women with dense breasts have a 4-6 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to women with fattier breasts.
Sources:
• Berg, W.A. Breast MRI for “the Masses”. Eur Radiol 32, 4034–4035 (2022);
• Densebreast-info, inc.. DenseBreast. (2023, May 18). Source.
SoftVue™ On The Go Signup
If you have dense breasts and want to experience the softer side of breast imaging, join us for SoftVue on the Go coming to a city near you.
Upcoming Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana
Hosted in partnership with West Jefferson Medical Center LCMC Health. The dates and location are currently being finalized, but stay tuned in to Delphinus' social media channels for the latest updates.
Austin, Texas
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THE SOFTVUE™ DIFFERENCE
SoftVue™ is an unparalleled 3D whole breast ultrasound tomography system unique to medical imaging.
Mammography can miss up to 60% of cancer in women with dense breasts, and SoftVue is FDA approved specifically for dense breast cancer screening.
SoftVue in combination with mammography increases cancer detection by 20%. The exam is comfortable with no compression and no radiation. The exam is discrete and takes just a few minutes for each breast.
More than 95% of women who have had a SoftVue exam would recommend SoftVue to other women.
The Softvue™ Scan Sequence Has 4 Steps:
Patient lies on her stomach on the padded-table top and lowers one breast into the warm water of the imaging chamber.
The Sequr™ breast interface engages with the front of her breast to center, shape, and steady it.
The scan is activated, and the ring transducer moves along the breast, imaging all levels.
Patient raises up and places second breast into warm water imaging chamber and engages with Sequr breast interface.