I hope everyone has heard about Digital mammography.  Digital mammography is a new way for doctors to check for breast cancer.  This type of mammogram produces clearer pictures and the clearer pictures contain more information for the radiologist to see.  The exam is much faster than a typical exam because there is no film involved. You are done in most cases in 15 minutes! Can you imagine? Finally, not only is there a better diagnosis but it doesn’t take an hour either. As a radiologist I know it can be frustrating to sit in a cold stark office waiting to get an exam that you been dreading all year long. Digital mammography speeds things up but more importantly it does not compromise the diagnosis.

Also the use of CAD or computer aided detection can be used with digital mammography. CAD is a software program that helps the doctor focus on areas that the computer indicates abnormalities in the breast tissue. CAD is like having your mom with you all the time. Look out for this….look out for that. And as we all know, as much as we hate to admit it mom is usually right when it comes to spotting things we might have overlooked.