Digital mammography utilizes the latest technology to provide the most thorough and comprehensive breast exam. With digital mammograms, images appear in seconds on a computer screen, with exceptional clarity, better visibility at the skin line, shorter exam times and 20 to 30 percent fewer callbacks. Mammograms are completed in 10-to-15 minutes. Digital mammography transfers images to a computer so that they can be electronically enhanced. Radiologists can zoom in, magnify and optimize different parts of the breast tissue using just four standard images.
In addition to providing digital mammography at all facilities, St.David's HealthCare is the only Central Texas provider to use the MammoPad—a soft foam cushion that makes mammograms more comfortable for women—for all patients at all facilities. Invented by a breast surgeon, the MammoPad creates a soft, warm surface during a mammogram so patients are more relaxed, and technicians get better image quality.
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