Mammography

Your Mount Carmel Mammogram

At Mount Carmel’s Women’s Health Centers, each breast is digitally filmed from two different views. Dedicated and fellowship-trained radiologists with the highest level of skill look at the views against a special light to find clues that there might be an abnormality.

Our state-of-the-art digital mammogram units allow for the manipulation of the films to better focus in on areas of suspicion. Your pictures can be zoomed in and out and the contrast adjusted even after the picture is taken, providing the radiologist with the clearest pictures possible. Occasionally, additional views of a breast are needed to obtain more specific information.

If you’re at increased risk of breast cancer (e.g., family history, genetic predisposition, past breast cancer), talk to your doctor about the benefits and limitations of starting mammograms earlier, having additional tests (e.g., breast ultrasound or MRI) or having more frequent exams.

Abbreviated Breast MRI

For patients at moderate risk for breast cancer or with dense breast tissue who would benefit from a supplemental screening with higher sensitivity than a mammogram, Mount Carmel is now offering abbreviated Breast MRI. It’s a rapid breast MRI offered at a lower price that can detect cancers not visible on a typical mammogram. To learn more, click here.

3D Mammography

Mount Carmel also offers 3D mammograms (tomosynthesis) which can help detect cancers hidden in dense breast tissue, which can pose a higher risk.