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(i), , (ii), , (iii), , (iv), , (vy), , (v), , (wil), , COMPRESSION PEDDLE, , Decreases the thickness of the breast , thus reduces the, scattered radiation —improves the contrast ., , Decreases the kinetic blur ., , Reduces geometric unsharpness by homogenously, bringing the object close to the film ., , Makes breast thickness uniform in film density., , Differentiates the easily compressible cysts and fibroglandular tissue from the more rigid carcinomas, , Separates the super imposed breast lesions ., , Reduces radiation dose to the breast tissue .