Digital Mammography - 3D Breast Imaging

Baptist Hospital is the first hospital in Florida to gain FDA approval to perform digital breast tomosynthesis, 3-D mammography. Hologic Selenia Dimensions 3-D is the latest technology in the battle against breast cancer as it takes advantage of all of the benefits of digital mammography to create unparalleled high-quality images.

Breast tomosynthesis is a break-through technology that produces three-dimensional images that reveal the inner architecture of the breast. 3-D images follow the shape of the breast tissue to create a stack of thin high-resolution image slices that provide clearer more precise images that enable abnormalities to be seen early, when breast cancer is most treatable.

Digital Mammography - Benefits:

• Improved accuracy and detection
• Clearer images that show structures in the breast and their spatial relationship with the surrounding breast tissue.
• Ability to detect breast cancer very early
• Tomosynthesis scans can be performed quickly
• Confidence to rule out cancer without recalling the patient for further study

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer sometime in her lifetime. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceeded only by lung cancer; however, when detected and treated early, the chance for cure is nearly 100 percent. At this time, there is no sure way to prevent breast cancer, which is why The American Cancer Society recommends that all women 40 years of age and over have a screening mammogram every year, in association with an annual clinical breast examination and monthly breast self-examination.