筛查性乳房x光检查
筛选 mammography is a specific type of breast imaging that uses low-dose X-rays to detect cancer early – before women experience symptoms ——当它最容易治疗的时候. 乳房x光检查在 the early detection of breast cancers because it can show changes in the breast up to two years before you or your medical provider can feel them. The American Medical Association (AMA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recommend annual mammograms for women over 40. 国家癌症协会 Institute (NCI) adds that women who have a personal or family history of breast cancer should talk to their medical provider about when they 应该开始筛查. 筛选 mammograms are ordered for women with no concerning symptoms such as no lumps, nipple discharge or skin changes.
要带什么
- Your medical provider order (if you were given an order from your medical provider)
- 个人身份证
- 保险卡(s)
如何准备
- If you have tender 乳房 the week before your period, it is best to schedule your mammogram one week following your menstrual cycle.
- If possible, please inform the scheduling department of the location of your prior mammogram so we can request your previous images and have them available for the radiologist to compare at the time of your current mammogram.
- 穿两件套的衣服.
- Do not use deodorant, talcum powder or lotion under your arms or near the 乳房. These products may show up as an artifact in the image.
- 请把贵重首饰留在家里.
- If you are pregnant or think you might be pregnant, please inform the imaging 技术专家.
- If you wear an on-body device (insulin pump, insulin regulators, Neulasta, 其他化疗/胰岛素设备等.), you must inform your X-ray 技术专家. These devices cannot be in the X-ray room during the exam.
- If you have a bruise or a rash on the breast area on the day of your appointment, you may need to reschedule until the area is healed.
期待什么
- A specially qualified radiological 技术专家 will bring you into a dressing room to verify your information and go over your prior breast history.
- You will be asked to remove your clothing above the waist, and you will 给他一件布衣做测试.
- Once you are in the exam room, the 技术专家 will ask to look at your breast to mark any raised moles, note any scars and check for bruising 和/或皮疹.
- During your mammography exam, your breast will be placed on a special platform 然后逐渐压缩. The 技术专家 will do their best to maintain 你的舒适.
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乳房按压是必要的，以便：
- Even out the breast thickness so that all tissue can be visualized
- Spread out the tissue so that small abnormalities are less likely to be 被覆盖的乳房组织所隐藏
- Allow the use of a lower X-ray dose since a thinner amount of breast tissue 正在被成像
- Hold the breast still to minimize blurring of the imaged caused by motion
- Reduce X-ray scatter to increase sharpness of the picture
- You will be asked to change positions between images. 例程视图 are a top-to-bottom view and an angled side view. 在定位过程中, you may be asked to lift your arm or use your hand to hold your other 别挡道.
- During the exposure you must hold very still and may be asked to hold your breath for a few seconds while the X-ray image is taken.
- You will need to allow 30 minutes from the time you check in to the completion 测试的.
- Results are usually available to your ordering medical provider in 24 hours.
- Results will also be mailed to you by the facility.
- Please note that follow-up examinations may be necessary if your screening mammogram shows a potential area of concern. 你的放射科医生可能会建议 further diagnostic tests that include additional mammography views and/or 超声波.
今天就安排你的3D乳房x光检查.
呼叫 North Oaks Patient Scheduling between
周一至周五早上7点和下午5点.
哈蒙德：（985）230-7777
利文斯顿：（225）686-4899
If you are a medical provider and need to send an order, please fax (985) 230-6781.
