Digital Mammography Digital Mammography
Digital MammographyIt's All About Simplicity, the Future and YOU.
 At
the Women's Diagnostic Center, we want to make your mammogram as
comfortable as possible. That's why we offer the most advanced digital
mammography system from GE Healthcare, the Senographe® Essential.
With digital mammography, you'll experience:
- Accurate diagnoses
- Short exam times
- Fast results
- Fewer callbacks
- More comfort
- Superior care
That's the beauty behind the new standard in Digital Mammography at Pekin Hospital.
Early Detection is Key
In Illinois alone, breast
cancer is expected to affect more than 7,610 this year. Although
mammograms are among the best early detection methods, the National
Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. indicates that 13 million U.S. women 40
years of age or older have never had one.
Advantages to a Digital System
In
addition to images that are clear and easy to read, the new digital
system offers an excellent view of the breast, especially near the skin
line and chest wall, as well as in women with diverse breast tissue
types.
Other benefits to digital images:
- Ready to read within 10 seconds
- No longer a wait to develop film and ensure images are usable
- Take about half the time as film
What's
more, if a second opinion is necessary, digital images can be sent
electronically to a consulting physician almost instantaneously.
About the System
The
Senographe Essential at Pekin Hospital is equipped with the Seno
Advantage 2.2 Review Workstation®. This workstation allows physicians
to simply, quickly, and easily review patient's images, including
information from multi-modality studies, at a single point of review.
Plus, physicians can pull up a patient's previous mammography exams for
historical comparison or to check against other types of images, such
as those acquired by ultrasound or magnetic resonance, resulting in a
more comprehensive view of a specific patient's medical history. The
workstation also simplifies the sharing of information and images with
referring physicians and surgeons.
To schedule a digital mammogram, call the Women's Diagnostic Center at (309) 353-0931.
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