What is a lucency in an area of the breast in a mammogram?

lucency[lū′sent-sē]

Type:Term

Definitions

1. In radiology, a region in an image caused by an absorber of lower x-ray attenuation than its surrounding tissues; in general, the opposite of opacity.

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