Germany

October 4, 2024

New technology to improve breast cancer treatment outcomes: AMULET SOPHINITY from Fujifilm

*1 A TFT panel with hexagonal electrodes that convert X-rays into electrical charges and collect the electrical charges to detect X-ray information. The disturbances in the electrical field strength, which occur at the corners of the electrodes, generally increase the sharper the corners become In our TFT panels with ‘HCP structure’, the shape of the electrode is not square, as in conventional panels, but hexagonal, with more obtuse angles, thus reducing the disturbance of the electric field strength This improves charge collection efficiency and increases X-ray detection sensitivity by approximately 20% compared to panels with square electrodes (when compared to our square electrode units).
*2 AMULET Innovality, our digital mammography system for breast cancer screening. Trade name: FDR MS-350 digital mammography system
*3 An image that was not originally present and that is generated during image reconstruction in mammography tomosynthesis.
*4 The algorithm for detecting the nipple position was developed using deep learning, an AI technology. The performance and accuracy of the system do not change automatically after installation.
*5 Contour of breast skin
[i] European Commission (2023). 
[ii] European Commission (2022). The European Beating Cancer Plan. Available here.