I had my first post surgery mammogram last month. Armed with a bit of knowledge after reading lots of posts here I decided to ask about 3D mammograms. I casually asked the technician whether they had a different machine to do 3D mammograms? She hesitated a little but then said that the machine she was using is able to do 3D as well but "they" won't pay for the functionality to be turned on. :o I didn't press any further but I assume it's a licensing thing that costs more and I'm also assuming (but honestly have no idea) that 3D ones don't attract a Medicare rebate so why bother? It's not like the 3D version is vastly superior at picking up hard to spot tumours or anything!!!??? Right??!!
