The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical performance of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis guided vacuum-assisted biopsy (DBT-VAB) for microcalcifications in the breast.


 45 consecutive stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsies (ST-VABs) and 86 consecutive DBT-VABs were compared.  The tissue sampling success rate was 95.6% for ST-VAB (43/45) and 97.7% (84/86) for DBT-VAB.  Time for positioning (10.6 ± 6.4 vs. 6.7 ± 5.3 min), time for biopsy (33.4 ± 13.1 vs. 22.5 ± 13.1 min), and overall procedure time (66.6 ± 16.6 min vs. 54.5 ± 13.0 min) were substantially shorter with DBT-VAB (P < 0.0001). 
DBT-VAB
45 consecutive stereotactic vacuum-assisted biopsies (ST-VABs) and 86 consecutive DBT-VABs were compared.  The tissue sampling success rate was 95.6% for ST-VAB (43/45) and 97.7% (84/86) for DBT-VAB. 
ST-VAB