Progress of mammography equipment evaluations
Please see adoption of digital mammography systems into breast screening for guidance on introducing new mammography systems.
List updated September 2011
| Manufacturer | Equipment model | Status of technical evaluation/report | Location of clinical evaluation | Status of clinical evaluation/report | Meet min. tech. requirements? | Clinical evaluation completed | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GE | Senographe 2000D | KCARE report MDA01041 | InHealth trailer in Nottingham Breast Institute | Equip Report 0602 May 2006 |
Yes | Yes | No longer on sale |
| GE | Senographe DS | Equipment Report | n/a | Not required | Yes | ||
| GE | Essential | Equip Report 0803 May 08 Equip Report 0903 May 09 |
n/a | Not required | Yes | n/a | |
| Hologic | Selenia | Equip Report 0701 Jan 07 |
Edgware and St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London | Equip Report 0709 Nov 2007 |
Yes | Yes | |
| Hologic | Selenia (with tungsten target) |
Equip Report 0801 April 08 |
n/a | Not required | Yes | ||
| Hologic | Dimensions | Equip Report 1101 Feb 2011 |
Kings College Hospital, London | Yes | |||
| Siemens | Novation | Equip Report 0710 Dec 07 |
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge | Equip Report 0711 Dec 07 |
Equipment no longer available to purchase. Support of existing installations will continue. | Yes | |
| Siemens | Inspiration | Equip Report 0909 Dec 09 |
Kings College Hospital, London | Equip Report 1001 May 10 |
Yes | ||
| Phillips (previously Sectra) |
MDM-D40 | KCARE report 06045 Aug 06 |
Coventry, on a mobile trailer | Equip Report 0601 May 06 |
Yes | Yes | |
| Phillips (previously Sectra) |
MDM-L30 | Equip Report 0805 Nov 08 |
n/a | Not required | Yes | Not required | |
| IMS | Giotto Image SDL (full field and prone table) | NCCPM report not published as superseded by system with tungsten tube | Manchester | ||||
| IMS | Giotto Image SDL/W (with tungsten target) | Equip Report 0804 Sep 08 |
Manchester | In progress | Yes | System upgrades delaying clinical evaluation report | |
| Fuji | Amulet | Equip Report 0907 Nov 07 |
Derby City Hospital | Clinical evaluation in progress | Yes | ||
| Philips | MammoDiagnost | 2011 - in progress | St Georges, London | Equip Report 1102 Aug 2011 |
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| Planmed | Nuance | 2012 - in progress | Royal Bolton Hospital | 2012 - in progress |