"We are waiting now for practice guidelines to say how this technology should be applied, and only the doctors can tell us this. Is tomosynthesis a screening tool?" "Is it best used for a secondary examination like MRI or elastography to confirm diagnoses? Today we cannot say and clinical practice will determine the answer."

— Aurélie Riquet, Manager of Special Products with Siemens, discussing the potential benefits of tomosynthesis as a primary and secondary imaging modality, "Tomosynthesis competition heats up in image-conscious Europe."