3D Mammography

UF Health Imaging – Flagler Hospital is proud to offer 3D 乳房x光检查. 的 Genius™ 3D Mammography exam is the most exciting advancement in mammography in over 30 years.

A Genius exam is an advanced technology in the fight against 乳腺癌 that allows doctors to examine your breast tissue one layer at a time. 的 imaging system uses high-powered computing to convert digital breast images into a stack of very thin layers or “slices” for your radiologist to review. A good analogy for a Genius exam is thinking of the pages in a book. If you look down at the cover you cannot see all of the pages – but when you open it up, you can go through the entire book page-by-page to see everything between the covers. 的 Genius exam was designed with the same concept in mind. 的re’s no additional compression required with a Genius exam, and it only takes a few seconds longer for each view.

Doctors and scientists agree that early detection is the best defense against 乳腺癌. Successful treatment and survival rates for 乳腺癌 patients are dramatically affected by early detection of 乳腺癌s. If we find 乳腺癌 early, before it has spread to lymph nodes, the five-year survival rate is almost 100 percent. Until now, the best way to do that has been with digital mammography.

的 Genius exam detects 41% more invasive 乳腺癌s and reduces false positives by up to 40%. 这 means one simple thing: more accuracy. 这 advanced accuracy will reduce having to come back for a additional imaging and fewer unnecessary biopsies.

More Benefits:

• A clearer look at breast tissue that provides a 3D view that is computer generated from 24 layered images of breast tissue at different depths
• Enhanced ability to find small, early-stage 乳腺癌s when they are much easier to successfully treat
• Fewer false positives, fewer 回调 for additional imaging, and fewer unnecessary biopsies
• Especially beneficial to women with dense breast tissue, which makes cancer more difficult to detect in a 2D mammogram.

While digital mammography is still one of the most advanced technologies available today, it is only a 2-dimensional picture of the breast. 的 breast is a 3-dimensional object composed of different structures, such as blood vessels, milk ducts, fat, and ligaments. All of these structures, which are located at different heights within the breast, can overlap and cause confusion when viewed as a 2-dimensional, flat image. 这 confusion of overlapping tissue is a leading reason why small 乳腺癌s may be missed and normal tissue may appear abnormal, leading to unnecessary 回调.

病人 will find the 3D mammogram experience to be similar to that of a 2D mammogram. 的 test takes about the same amount of time with just a few seconds of compression.

Insurance Status

3D mammograms are fully covered for Medicare patients. Coverage by other insurers may vary. For patients whose insurance reimburses only for the cost of a 2D mammogram, a nominal copay is charged.