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From Page 3 transported between the two hospitals. The scanner replaced an older model, and has many new enhancements. One such feature is its ability to create maps of the circulatory system through a technique called magnetic resonance angiography. This can be valuable in diagnosing aneurysms and other circulatory anomalies.
Another new technology being offered in the Fauquier Hospital radiology department is stereotactic breast biopsy, a non-surgical biopsy technique that allows surgeons and radiologists to determine whether or not a breast lump is cancerous without surgical removal.
Last May the hospital installed a $250,000 piece of equipment to perform this procedure. It uses digital mammography and a computer to guide a needle to the center of the lump where it extracts a small sample for laboratory analysis.
Stereotactic breast biopsy is less painful and disfiguring than traditional surgical biopsy, and is considerably less expensive. The procedure is performed on an outpatient basis.
For cardiac patients, the hospital’s SPEC T imager brings the latest advances in cardiac medicine to the community. SPECT, which stands for single photon emission computer tomography, creates three-dimensional images of the heart using radioisotope thallium, which is injected into the blood stream. Thallium travels directly to the heart muscle, where it allows a special scanner to create detailed pictures that help
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