Good Samaritan Medical Center announces its Norma and Miles Zisson Comprehensive Breast Center has introduced digital mammography with computer aided detection to its extensive range of services for women.
“This is truly a life-saving addition to the Comprehensive Breast Center because digital mammography has demonstrated improved accuracy,” said Paul Echelard, CEO, Good Samaritan Medical Center. Digital mammography is a technique for recording x-ray images in computer code instead of on x-ray film, as with conventional mammography. Computer aided detection (CAD) involves the use of computers to bring suspicious areas on a mammogram to the radiologists attention. The use of CAD may help to improve the accuracy of a screening mammography resulting in early detection. “Early detection of cancer helps save lives and often may give women less invasive and less disfiguring treatment options,” according to George Guzewicz, Director of Imaging Services. “At the Comprehensive Breast Center, board certified medical specialists collaborate on appropriate testing and treatment designed to achieve the best possible outcome. Then our integrated technologyultrasound, digital mammography with computer aided detection and MRIis utilized with the goal of providing the highest quality mammography diagnosis,” Guzewicz added.
