Images are easier to transmit, access and store.
The system could reduce repeat visits, offer fuller views of tissue and encourage women to get mammograms. By Deborah L. Shelton , AMNews staff. Feb. 21, 2000. Radiologists say the recent approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the first digital mammography system ushers in a new era in the way women are screened for breast cancer. A digital mammography system produces digital images on a solid-state receptor rather than analog images on radiographic film.