The Community Times Dispatch

Colleton Medical Center’s new Senographe? DS full-field digital mammography system is the most modern mammography equipment available to patients today.

“Now Colleton Medical Center physicians and patients in Walterboro and surrounding communities can have a new and powerful tool in the detection and fight against breast cancer,” said Dr. Michael Garovich, radiologist with Charleston Radiologists, PA, and affiliated with Trident Health System. “This new, all-digital system is revolutionizing breast care by providing our patients with state-of-the-art mammograms that are faster, easier and more comfortable than ever before, while providing our physicians with highly detailed images to use in the diagnosis.”

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According to the American Cancer Society, the year 2007 brought 180,510 new breast cancer diagnoses, an estimated 2,600 of those were women in South Carolina. “This new digital technology will help us provide the most advanced care for our patients by providing clear, high-detailed breast images, which is the first step towards an accurate diagnosis and getting a patient on the proper treatment plan to good health,” said Dr. Garovich.

The Senographe DS is a full-field digital mammography system designed to help Colleton Medical Center provide comprehensive mammography patient care – from screening and diagnosis to interventional procedures. Plus, the system has a patient-centric design and intuitive controls that allow the technologists who perform the exams to focus on the patients, making the mammography exam an easier and more comfortable experience. For the physician, it provides greater flexibility in viewing the breast during the imaging examination.

Colleton Medical Center’s Senographe DS will be equipped with computer aided detection (CAD) software. CAD acts as a radiologist’s “second pair of eyes” when reading a mammogram. Similar to a spellchecker system on a personal computer, this technology has the potential to detect findings that might otherwise be overlooked during the review process, thus improving the opportunity for cancer detection. CAD technology is especially effective in identifying microcalcifications in the breast, some of which can indicate a malignant process.

For more information about digital mammography at Colleton Medical Center, please visit www.colletonmedical.com or call 843.782.2000. To schedule a mammogram with your doctor’s order at Colleton Medical Center, call Central Scheduling, 843.782.2669.
Colleton Medical Center is a 131 bed acute care medical-surgical facility that has been serving Walterboro and surrounding communities for over half a century. A facility of Trident Health System, Colleton Medical Center is a Joint Commission accredited facility and offers a full range of diagnostic, therapeutic, emergency and surgical services. For more information, please visit our website at www.colletonmedical.com or call 843.782.2000.