Mammogram ni ifoto y'amabere yawe ifashwe ikoreshejwe X-ray. Ishobora gukoreshwa mu gupima kanseri y'amabere cyangwa mu buvuzi, urugero, gusuzuma ibimenyetso cyangwa ibyavuye bitunguranye ku bipimo byandi shusho. Mu gihe cyo gupima mammogram, amabere yawe ashyirwa hagati y'imipande ibiri ikomeye kugira ngo umubiri w'amabere ukwirakwire. Hanyuma X-ray ifata amafoto y'umukara n'umweru agaragara kuri ecran ya mudasobwa kandi akarebwaho ibimenyetso bya kanseri.
Mammograms ni amafoto y'amabere yawe akoreshwa mu buryo bwa X-ray, agenewe gushakisha kanseri n'izindi mpinduka mu mubiri w'amabere. Mammogram ishobora gukoreshwa mu isuzuma rya rusange cyangwa mu isuzuma rya burundu: Mammogram yo gusuzuma rusange. Mammogram yo gusuzuma rusange ikoreshwa mu gushakisha impinduka mu mabere zishobora kuba kanseri mu bantu badafite ibimenyetso cyangwa ibikomere. Intego ni ukubona kanseri igihe ikiri nto kandi ubuvuzi bushobora kuba budakomeye. Impuguke n'imiryango y'ubuvuzi ntibahuriza ku gihe cyo gutangira gusuzuma mammogram buri gihe cyangwa ukuntu ibizamini bikwiye gusubirwamo. Ganira n'abaganga bawe ku bihereranye n'ibintu bishobora gutera kanseri, ibyo ukunda, hamwe n'inyungu n'ingaruka zo gusuzuma. Hamwe, muzashyiraho gahunda yo gusuzuma mammogram ikubereye. Mammogram yo gusuzuma burundu. Mammogram yo gusuzuma burundu ikoreshwa mu gusuzuma impinduka ziteye amakenga mu mabere, nko kuba hari ikibyimba gishya mu mabere, ububabare bw'amabere, isura idasanzwe y'uruhu, ukubyimbura kw'ibere cyangwa ibintu bivuye mu bere. Ikoreshwa kandi mu gusuzuma ibyavuye mu isuzuma rya rusange rya mammogram bitateganijwe. Mammogram yo gusuzuma burundu irimo amafoto y'amabere yongeyeho.
Ibyago n'ibyagorana byo gukora mammogram birimo: Mammogram iguha umwenda muke w'imirasire. Uwo mwenda ari muke cyane, kandi kuri benshi akamaro ko gukora mammogram buri gihe kurusha ibyago by'uwo mwenda w'imirasire. Gukora mammogram bishobora gutuma ukorwa ibindi bipimo. Iyo hari ikintu kitari cyitezwe kigaragaye kuri mammogram yawe, ushobora gukenera ibindi bipimo. Ibyo bishobora kuba harimo ibindi bipimo by'amashusho nka ultrasound, n'uburyo bwo gukuramo igice cy'umubiri w'amabere kugira ngo ukorerwe ibizamini bya laboratoire. Ariko, ibintu byinshi bigaragara kuri mammogram si kanseri. Niba mammogram yawe igaragaje ikintu kidasanzwe, muganga usobanura amashusho (radiologist) azashaka kubigereranya na mammogram wari waramaze gukora. Niba wari waramaze gukora mammogram ahandi, radiologist wawe azagusaba uburenganzira bwo kubisaba ku baganga bawe ba mbere. Gupima kanseri ya mama binyuze muri mammogram ntibishobora kubona kanseri zose. Zimwe muri kanseri ziboneka mu isuzuma ry'umubiri zishobora kutaboneka kuri mammogram. Kanseri ishobora kubura iyo ari ntoya cyane cyangwa iri ahantu bigoye kubona kuri mammogram, nko mu kiganza. Si kanseri zose ziboneka kuri mammogram zishobora gukira. Zimwe muri kanseri ya mama ziba zikomeye, zikura vuba kandi zigakwirakwira vuba mu bindi bice by'umubiri.
Umuteguro wo kwitegura mammogram: Tegura ikizamini mu gihe amabere yawe adafite ububabare. Niba ufite imihango, ubusanzwe biba mu cyumweru nyuma y'imihango yawe. Zana amafoto ya mammogram yawe yabanje. Niba ugiye mu kigo gishya kugira mammogram, saba ko amafoto ya mammogram yabanje ashyirwa kuri CD. Zana iyo CD igihe ugiye gukorerwa ikizamini kugira ngo umuganga urebana na radiologiya abashe kugereranya amafoto ya mammogram yabanje n'amafoto mashya. Ntukore isabune mbere ya mammogram. Irinde gukoresha isabune, ibicuruzwa byo kurwanya ibyuya, ifu, amavuta, amasahani cyangwa ibirungo munsi y'amaboko yawe cyangwa ku mabere yawe. Udukometso twa metal twirimo ifu n'isabune bishobora kugaragara kuri mammogram yawe bigatuma habaho ukurangaruka.
Mammography itanga amamaramogramu — amafoto y'isabukuru n'umweru y'umubiri w'amabere yawe. Amamaramogramu ni amafoto y'ikoranabuhanga agaragara kuri ecran ya mudasobwa. Muganga w'inzobere mu gusesengura ibizamini by'amashusho (radiologiste) ni we ureba aya mashusho. Radiologiste arashaka ibimenyetso bya kanseri n'izindi ndwara zishobora gusaba ibizamini by'inyongera, gukurikirana cyangwa kuvurwa. Ibyavuye mu isuzuma bikusanywa muri raporo, bigashyikirizwa umuvuzi wawe. Baza umuvuzi wawe igihe n'uburyo ibyavuye mu isuzuma bizakumenyeshwa.
Umuhakana: Kanama ni urubuga rw'amakuru y'ubuzima kandi ibisubizo byayo ntibigize inama z'ubuvuzi. Jya ubona umuganga ufite uruhushya rwo gukorera hafi yawe mbere yo gukora impinduka izo ari zo zose.