Breast Imaging
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The Digital Advantage
Rhode Island Hospital is first hospital in Rhode Island to offer digital mammography. With digital mammography, the images can be stored and transferred via computer, and physicians can use specialized software to help interpret results. In a study, digital mammography was shown to detect up to 28 percent more cancers in some women.
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Breast imaging is a specialized field in radiology that studies the
breast. In some patients, procedures are performed in the
breast imaging division to either obtain a sample of tissue or to help
find an abnormality in the breast for the surgeon. All breast imaging at
Rhode Island Hospital is performed by board-certified radiologists with
subspecialty training in this area.
The Anne C. Pappas
Center for Breast Imaging at Rhode Island Hospital is a full service
breast imaging facility staffed by radiologists with special expertise in
breast imaging and is designed to provide quality, state of the art breast
imaging and intervention.
For more information, or to make an
appointment please call the Anne C. Pappas Center for Breast
Imaging at 401-444-MAMM (6266), or e-mail cpaine@lifespan.org.
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