ALLIED SERVICES

Your physician is supported by a full complement of allied services conveniently grouped in one location at Family Medical Center.

Radiology, mammography, lab, ultrasound, bone density and pulmonary screening are among the allied services available on an out-patient basis at the Clinic’s offices or adjacent facilities in Little Falls, Minnesota.

Mammography

Mammography is the procedure used to generate an X-ray image of the breast. Equipment is different from that used to take x-rays of chest or bones.

A mammogram is specifically designed to measure subtle changes which occur in breast tissue over time.

In a standard examination, two images of each breast are taken--one from the top and one from the side, ensuring that the images display as much breast tissue as possible.

To get a good image, it’s important that your breast be be flattened or compressed. This may be uncomfortable, but it isn’t dangerous to your breast in any way.

Your baseline mammogram is simply your initial or first mammogram. Radiologists often compare a new image to a previous one when evaluating a suspected change.

Screening mammograms are routine mammography examinations in which the patient has no symptoms.

Diagnostic mammograms are studies in which the patient does have a symptom, such as a lump, tenderness, or thickening of the tissue.