  In this paper we introduce a computational modelling that reproduces the
breast compression processes used to obtain the mammogram. The main result is a
programme in which one can track the first steps of virtual mammography. On the
one hand, our modelling enables addition of structures that represent different
tissues, muscles and glands in the breast. On the other hand, we shall validate
and implement it by means of laboratory tests with phantoms. To the best of our
knowledge, these two characteristics do confer originality to our research.
This is because their interrelation seems not to be properly established
elsewhere yet. We conclude that our model reproduces the same shapes and
measurements really taken from the volunteer's breasts.
