Everything You Need to Know About Mammography
A mammogram is a type of X-ray that shows an imaging of your breasts. It can be used for diagnostic purposes, such as looking into symptoms or odd findings on another imaging test, or for breast cancer screening.
Your breasts are pushed between two solid surfaces during a mammography in order to spread out the breast tissue. Then, a black-and-white image captured by an X-ray is presented on a computer screen and checked for indications of malignancy.