Screen film mammography ,also names analog film mammography is a X ray conventional mammo unit compared with digital mammography equippment.
With mammography facility , a burst of x-ray is produced by high voltage generator and pass through the breast tissue to x ray detector ,which transfer the x-ray into images on large sheets of mammogram film chemically the way the photography negatives used to be processed. The film stored in mammogram cassette would be developed in film machine and reviewed by radiologists.
Alternatively, the film could be replaced by IP board and the board is developed in CR system machine,which could transfer the images to digital signals and read.It is considered as digitalization of analog mammography device with computer detection aid.
Now, we have SN Navigator Platinum model of film mammography.