The first Full-Field Digital Mammography System in Missouri has been purchased and installed at Boone Hospital Center. The system is manufactured by GE Medical Systems and produces breast images through computerization rather than on X-ray film.
Digital images are clear and easy to read.
Women no longer have to wait while films are developed to be sure the images are usable. Since images are ready to read within ten seconds, the complete test often takes as little as half the time of a standard film mammogram. The image can be sent electronically by computer to another physician if a second opinion is needed, and can be printed on film for review if necessary. The need to deliver actual films is eliminated.