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About Breast Services
Experience matters
To get an accurate mammogram reading, you need a high quality image and a good interpretation of that image. Some factors that may affect accuracy are the experience of the radiologist reading your mammogram, technologist who performs your exam and whether the facility you choose has the latest technology in breast imaging.
Charlotte Radiology Breast Center
At Charlotte Radiology, we believe annual, quality mammograms are the cornerstone of breast health. This foundation begins with an impressive staff of board-certified physicians and technologists who specialize in mammography and have all of the latest technologies at their fingertips. By continuously offering compassionate care combined with the most advanced equipment available – such as digital mammography, breast MRI and computer-aided detection - we are the first choice for more than 85,000 women a year.
Currently, we offer 12 breast center locations including a mobile breast center—all accredited by the American College of Radiology and certified by the FDA. In addition, each center is recognized as a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence. Our board certified mammography staff consists of female technologists, who as women themselves, understand the anxieties, fears and emotions you may experience. And our physicians participate with the Carolinas Healthcare System multidisciplinary cancer program, a network of expert physicians, who work together to develop individualized treatment plans for each patient, ensuring you are taken care of from start to finish. Their expertise and skill are crucial in the accurate detection and successful treatment of breast cancer.
Recent advances in breast imaging
Charlotte Radiology is committed to providing our patients with the best mammography options available including computer-aided detection, digital mammography and breast MRI. A digital mammogram is exactly the same as a traditional mammogram from the patient's perspective. Exam time may be a bit shorter, but the main benefit is the radiologists' ability to manipulate and enhance the image, much like a digital photo. Additionally, digital mammography delivers lower radiation doses and the contrast between dense and non-dense tissue is improved.
Most importantly, studies have shown that digital mammography is more accurate for:
- women under 50 years of age
- pre-menopausal women
- all women with dense breast tissue
Digital mammography is beneficial in these groups of women with dense breast tissue because the tissue appears white on a mammogram. As many breast abnormalities are also white, dense tissue can obscure small lesions. Digital mammography enables our radiologists to better visualize areas of concern on a background of dense tissue. Because of this benefit, digital mammography decreases the chances that a patient with dense tissue may be called back in for additional images.
Our radiologists also utilize Computer Aided Detection (CAD) to further review all screening mammograms. Studies show that the use of CAD may increase the detection rate of breast cancer. It works like a second pair of eyes, reviewing a patient's mammogram after the radiologist makes the initial interpretation.
Charlotte Radiology offers our patients the only breast MRI dedicated to breast imaging in the Carolinas. Breast MRI is superior at demonstrating the size and extent of a breast tumor prior to surgery. In addition, it is beneficial for screening patients at particularly high risk for breast cancer due to genetic predisposition or strong family history, diagnosing breast implant rupture, staging breast cancer and planning treatment. MRI also plays an important role in post-surgical and post-radiation follow-up.
In the community
Charlotte Radiology partners with many national and local organizations to increase screening, treatment and educational initiatives for breast cancer. Locally, we are proud to partner with grantees such as the Mecklenburg and Union County Health Departments to provide affordable mammography to the underserved women in our community. For more information year-round on our involvement in the community, please follow us on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.
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