Our Maine Street's Aroostook Issue 16 : Spring 2013 | Page 58

Advanced, Comprehensive
Breast Care For Women in
Aroostook County
by Tamra Kilcollins
With the focus on patient comfort, convenience,
and privacy, the new Women’s Imaging Center at Cary
Medical Center features the most advanced diagnostic
mammography services in Northern Maine, including
the addition of state-of-the-art digital mammography and
stereotactic breast biopsy systems, and a unique Patient
Navigator Service.
According to Dr. Shawn Laferriere, Medical Director of
Radiology at Cary Medical Center, the Women’s Imaging
Center features the Siemens Mammomat Inspiration FullField Digital Mammography, and Siemens MammoTest
Stereotactic Breast Biopsy Systems. The Mammomat
Inspiration offers digital screening and diagnostic
mammography producing excellent image quality using
industry leading technology designed to minimize the
patient’s radiation dose and exposure time. There currently
is no other unit of its kind north of Boston.
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“The hospital’s purchase of the Siemens Mammomat
Inspiration represents our dedication to using the highest
quality full-field digital mammography system,” Laferriere
said.
“We are also very proud to bring the first fully digital,
fixed-base stereotactic biopsy system to Cary and Aroostook
County,” Laferriere continued. “The new breast biopsy
system allows for a minimally invasive procedure with
increased patient comfort and has the ability of identifying
the smallest calcifications, allowing for a more precise and
efficient diagnosis,” he explained.
“With our existing breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging,
(MRI) and breast ultrasound testing capabilities, the
addition of our new equipment provides our patients with
the most advanced breast diagnostic services in Aroostook
County.”
The Center’s specialty trained mammography team also