Needham Hospital Offers High Quality Digital Mammography

Date: April 13, 2006

BIDMC Contact: Hal Costa
Phone: 781-453-3043
Email: hcosta@bidneedham.org

Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital's Radiology Department is proud to offer you Digital Mammography with their new Siemens MAMMOMAT Novation Full-Field Digital Mammography System.

Advantages of Digital Mammography include:

  1. Excellent image quality
  2. Up to 40% less radiation dose over standard film mammograms
  3. Less time may be needed because the results are seen more quickly - which means less anxiety and discomfort for you
  4. Your doctor can electronically manipulate images with digital mammograms for a more accurate diagnosis

Please see your doctor for more information.