Dilon BSGI: Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging
We are now the first center in our area to offer Breast Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI). As you know the first steps in breast health care are self-exam and mammography. While mammography remains the primary method of early detection, diagnostic challenges can occur due to the complexity of the breast tissue. There are times when additional testing is necessary. Ultrasound, MRI and BSGI provide an important additional evaluation in select clinical circumstances. Specifically BSGI, a molecular imaging study, has been shown to be sensitive for the detection of breast cancer as well as to have a very low false positive rate. [read more]
Three new digital upgrades for mammography, MRI and ultrasound make Montclair Breast Center the most state-of-the art facility for breast care and is now 100% digital. Montclair Breast Center was first in the country to have a dedicated breast GE 1.5T MRI. Marcie B. Hertz, MD, Breast Surgeon, Monali Padwal, MD Clinical Breast Ultrasound Applications Specialist and Nancy L. Elliott MD FACS, Director of the Montclair Breast Center at GE Healthcare Institute in Waukesha, WI, in early June. Drs. Hertz and Elliott were invited to a conference on Volume Ultrasound Imaging, a groundbreaking advancement to detect breast cancer. GE's Waukesha Institute is the largest training center in the world for the diagnostic imaging community. |
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GE Logiq 7 digital ultrasound is available in all exam rooms. It has greater sensitivity and more diagnostic technology then any other model. This sophisticated ultrasound makes it easier for a breast surgeon or breast imager performing the exam to be even more accurate.
- An even more advanced digital mammography system, the GE Senographe
DS (pictured at right) with stereotactic capabilities; one machine which
can perform mammography and if necessary, perform a stereotactic biopsy.
Previously a patient would have to go to two different machines.
- A new dedicated breast MRI upgrade, the GE HD MR 8 channel. The upgrade is in a large new coil which required cutting into the one year old building’s MRI addition exterior wall for installation. Montclair Breast Center is the first in the area to have this kind of upgrade. During the patient’s exam it will double the data flow currently gathered which will provide better information to the physicians. There is an improved resting place for arms, head, and of course breasts to make for increased comfort during the exam.
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