-Ultrasound is used for breast imaging at nearly three-quarters of the mammography centers. Other imaging modalities, including scintimammography, breast MRI imaging and PET scanning for breast cancer are available at these centers to lesser degrees.
-Over half of the mammography centers currently use "computer-aided detection" (CAD) software systems to improve the diagnostic confidence of x-ray mammography.
-Ultrasound-guided biopsies are performed by 44% the sites, while stereotactic biopsies are performed at 25% and MRI-guided biopsies are performed at 19% of the mammography sites.
-Other women's health care services profiled include bone mineral densitometry studies, outpatient surgical procedures (such as lumpectomy), cholesterol screening, and risk assessment tools for breast cancer.

IMV's 2008 Mammography Center Market Summary Report is a comprehensive analysis of the mammography center marketplace, monitoring trends in mammography procedures performed, x-ray mammography installed base by vendor and planned purchases, workstations, RIS and women's health care services offered. For more information about the Market Summary Report, visit the corporate website at www.imvinfo.com.

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