Cottage Hospital Now Provides the Latest in Mammography
July 08, 2010
Woodsville, NH - Women who undergo routine mammograms at Cottage Hospital Women's Imaging Center now have the latest diagnostic technology available to them, full field digital mammography. Cottage Hospital is the first healthcare provider in the Upper Connecticut River Valley to feature the state-of-the-art system, Selenia™ digital mammography from Hologic™ with a tungsten detector, which significantly reduces a radiation dose.
Cottage is very excited to be able to offer the newest technology for breast cancer detection. Digital mammography is different from conventional mammography in how the image of the breast is acquired and, more importantly, viewed. The radiologist can magnify the images, increase or decrease the contrast and invert the black and white values while reading the images. These features allow the radiologist to evaluate microcalcifications and focus on areas of concern.
