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Three Convenient Locations for Digital Mammography

Baroness Campus
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Erlanger North Campus
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Erlanger East Campus
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Other breast imaging services at Erlanger

Erlanger’s Breast Imaging Services, accredited by the American College of Radiology (ACR), offers a variety of services at four convenient locations in the Chattanooga area.

Although breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, it’s also the most curable, especially when detected early. Whether or not you have a family history of breast cancer, you should perform monthly breast self-exams and get mammograms every year starting at 40.

With breast cancer, early detection is the best protection. A mammogram screening is an x-ray of the breast that can detect a lump up to two years before it can be felt. Many of the small cancers have not spread and are curable. Diagnostic mammography, a more detailed exam that requires a written order from your physician, is used to evaluate known breast changes such as lumps, specific painful areas, and discharge.

Digital mammography

Digital mammography is similar to conventional mammography in that x-rays are used to produce in-depth images of the breast, yet digital mammography takes an electronic image of the breast and stores it directly in a computer, allowing the recorded data to be enhanced, magnified, or manipulated for further evaluation. Enhancing the image provides faster results and greatly reduces the need for retakes due to the image being over or under exposed.

Breast ultrasound

A breast ultrasound uses sound waves to evaluate changes in the breast and may provide additional information that will be beneficial to your diagnosis. This should not act as a replacement for your yearly mammogram.

Breast MRI

An MRI of the breast offers valuable information about many breast conditions that cannot be obtained by other imaging services, such as mammography or ultrasounds. MRI of the breast should not act as a replacement for annual mammograms and ultrasound imaging. It acts as an additional tool for detecting and staging breast cancer and other breast abnormalities.

Bone densitometry?

Bone densitometry (DEXA), used to determineosteoporosis, is an imaging examination that measures your bone mineral density which in turn acts as an indicator of your overall bone strength.The National Osteoporosis Foundation recommends that women 65 and older have a DEXA scan every two years, but your physician may indicate more frequent and earlier testing.