India, Nov. 15 -- Whenever you go for a breast checkup, your doctor might recommend a mammography, ultrasound, or an MRI interchangeably. But what decides which test is correct for you? All these imaging tests serve different purposes, and the right one depends on factors such as a woman's age, breast density, medical history and symptoms.

In an interaction with HT Lifestyle, Dr Jyoti Arora, principal lead of women's imaging at Apollo Athena Women's Cancer Centre, explained the difference between mammography, ultrasound, and MRI.

"'Why did my doctor ask for an ultrasound when my friend was told to get a mammogram?' It is a question I hear almost every day. The answer is simple: mammography, ultrasound and MRI are three different ways of...