BETTER IMAGES IN SIGHT NEWER TECHNIQUE FOR BREAST TESTS.Byline: Daily News Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital will soon acquire a new, computer-aided detection (CAD) system for mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her that provides a computerized computerized adapted for analysis, storage and retrieval on a computer. computerized axial tomography see computed tomography. second review of mammograms. Second Look, from CADx Medical Systems, is a sophisticated breast-cancer detection screening tool based on the same breakthrough imaging technology the U.S. military uses for automatic target recognition. Much like automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. target recognition, which finds potential targets on a battlefield, Second Look utilizes feature selection and mathematical formulas to identify suspicious regions in mammograms. ``Early detection is the key to breast cancer survival,'' said Daniel Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. , mammography and medical director of the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center. ``Anything that helps detect cancer in its earliest form is an essential tool.'' Second Look is designed to improve the process of mammography screening by highlighting subtle types of changes in tissue that might indicate the presence of cancer. It provides a valuable second read that offers an opportunity to find something that might otherwise have gone undetected. When it comes to patient care, one of Second Look's main benefits is that it requires no additional medical procedures, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Paul Salomon, chief executive officer at Newhall Memorial. ``With the use of Second Look, our patients don't have to go through additional procedures or testing. A standard mammogram mammogram /mam·mo·gram/ (mam´o-gram) a radiograph of the breast. mam·mo·gram n. An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography. is all that's required to perform CAD on mammograms,'' he said. Several fund-raising programs will benefit the CADx system, including pink-ribbon pin sales donated by Dianne Crawford of Pink Ribbon Gifts, and the annual Crawford-Fleming Breast Cancer Awareness Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. Gold Tournament scheduled for Nov. 17. For information about Second Look, mammography screening or to schedule an appointment at the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center, call (661) 253-8822. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Don and Cheri Fleming, owners of Valencia Acura, speak at the Breast Cancer Awareness reception on the technical advancements the CADx system will bring to the Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging Center. |
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