Bell Offers Full-Field Digital Mammography
Bell Hospital announced that the $400,000 mammography unit, which is up and running at the new Bell Hospital, is being funded by a $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a $200,000 grant from the Bell Foundation.
Bell is the first healthcare provider in Marquette County utilizing full field digital mammogram technology. All imaging technology at the recently opened hospital is digital, completely eliminating the time element involved in using film process imaging equipment ranging from x-rays to mammograms.
Superior Women’s Care OB/GYN specialist Dr. Paula Hubert pointed out that it is especially important for area woman to be aware of the options available to them in the fight against breast cancer.
She said, “What we at Bell are now able to offer rivals any diagnostic tool at any medical care facility in the country. Our full field digital mammography unit is state-of-the-art and a critical breast cancer diagnostic tool.”
According to Dr. Hubert, there are many advantages to a digital system. The images are clear and easy to read, and it offers a better view of the breast, especially near the skin line, chest wall and in women with diverse breast tissue types. The digital image is ready to read within 10 seconds – there is no longer a wait for films to be developed to be sure the images are usable. Digital mammograms take as little as half the time of film. And if a second opinion is needed, the image can be sent electronically to a consulting physician virtually instantaneously.
The new GE Healthcare Senographe Digital Mammography system provides physicians with clear and precise all-digital images, rather than images on X-ray film. What’s more, the system provides the largest field of view currently available, which can be extremely helpful for precision imaging of diverse patients.
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