Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
FDA adverse event reports and recall history for digital breast tomosynthesis (product code OTE), from the public MAUDE/AEMS corpus and the live FDA recall database.
- Total reports
- 951
- Deaths
- 12
- Injuries
- 42
- Malfunctions
- 896
Reports per year
Source: FDA adverse event reports by year received, 2014–2026. Reporting paused during the 2026 MAUDE-to-AEMS transition and has since resumed.
Recent recalls
- 2026-05-12Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
3DIMENSIONS MAMMOGRAPHY SYSTEM; Model Numbers: 3DM-SYS-INTL2D, 3DM-SYS-INTL2D-MOB, 3DM-SYS-INTL2D-NS, 3DM-SYS-INTL3D, 3DM-SYS-INTL3D-MOB, 3DM-SYS-INTL3D-NS, 3DM-SYS-STD, 3DM-SYS-STD-MOB, 3DM-SYS-STD-NS.
Complaints have been received of systems developing loose, missing, or broken internal bolts over time.
- 2025-07-30Open, ClassifiedProcess control
ASPRIRE Cristalle Mammography System (cleared under K212873) installed with the ASPIRE Cristalle Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) Option (approved under P160031).
Devices had an unapproved slabbing software function enabled for use.
- 2024-09-25Open, ClassifiedSoftware design
Selenia Dimensions/ 3Dimensions-Digital breast tomosynthesis Software Version Dimensions 1.12.0 and 3Dimensions 2.3.0 system software as follows Model/Catalog Number: 1. ASY-16824 FMI UPGRADE KIT, DIMENSIONS 1.12.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 1.11.1 SYSTEMS 2. ASY-16825 FMI UPGRADE KIT, 3DIMENSIONS 2.3.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 2.2.1 SYSTEMS 3. ASY-17219 FMI UPGRADE KIT, DIMENSIONS 1.12.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 1.10.0 SYSTEMS 4. ASY-17220 FMI UPGRADE KIT, 3DIMENSIONS 2.3.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 2.1.0 SYSTEMS 5. ASY-17221 FMI UPGRADE KIT, DIMENSIONS 1.12.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 1.11.0 SYSTEMS 6. ASY-17222 FMI UPGRADE KIT, 3DIMENSIONS 2.3.0.3 SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPGRADE FOR 2.2.0 SYSTEMS 7. 3DM-LIC-SW-UP-V2.3 DIMENSIONS SOFTWARE 2.3 (3DIMENSIONS) 8. SDM-LIC-SW-UP-V1.12 DIMENSION SOFTWARE 1.12 (SELENIA DIMENSIONS)
Identified an issue with Selenia Dimensions 1.12.0 and 3Dimensions 2.3.0 system software when used in combination with C-View software in which the quality of the final C-View synthesized 2D image is impacted and may appear blurry and result in misdiagnosis with the possibility being a false negative diagnosis
- 2023-02-21Open, ClassifiedDevice Design
Hologic 3Dimensions/Selenia Dimensions Models: RM-SDM-00001-3D SDM-00001-2D SDM-00001-3D SDM-05000-3D3 SDM-05000-2DC SDM-00001-M3D SDM-05000-3DC SDM-SYS-6000-3D SDM-05000-2D3 SDA-SYS-3000-2D SDM-00001 SDM-SYS-9000-2D SDM-00001-M2D 3DM-SYS-STD 3DM-SYS-STD-NS SDM-05000-2AC SDM-05000-2A2 SDA-SYS-3000-3D SDA-SYS-3000-3D-UPS SDM-SYS-6000-3D-HTC SDM-05000-2D2 SDM-05000-3D2 SDM-SYS-6000-2D SDM-SYS-9000-3D
C-Arm unexpected movement may cause blunt trauma should the tube arm impinge upon an individual
- TerminatedSoftware design
Mammomat Inspiration with Tomosynthesis functionality
A potential system fatal error may occur during tomosynthesis reconstruction with large breasts that cover nearly the entire detector surface and with a breast thickness larger than 90 mm. The data to be processed for the tomosynthesis application can exceed the capacity of the graphical processing unit (GPU). If the fatal error message occurs, reconstruction of the data will be aborted. The syste
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