The mission of the AMI Mammo Club is to promote proactive breast health awareness by providing reminders for monthly self-exams and annual screenings. The club also acts as a community between those who are actively screening, fighting or living in remission.
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More women trust AMI’s Women Center to perform their mammograms than any other clinic in Nebraska. The staff and private, spa-like setting make these appointments as comfortable as possible.
The American College of Radiology (ACR) recommends an annual screening mammogram beginning at age 40, for women with an average risk of breast cancer. Women with an increased risk for breast cancer may need to start mammography sooner or include other imaging in their screening plan.
Mammography is the taking of low-dose x-ray images of breast tissue that can be used to detect breast cancer. You can do a Mammography in our breast center in Lincoln
AMI is proud to be the first in the Lincoln area to offer same day results* on 3D mammograms. Your images are read by subspecialized breast radiologists and eliminates anxiety while waiting for results.
Patients should discuss any new findings or breast issues with their primary care provider (PCP) before a mammogram appointment. Patients will also be required to list a PCP whom the mammogram results can be sent to. Suggested appointment times are a week after a menstrual cycle in an attempt to avoid breast tenderness. Patients will need to undress from the waist up.
Wipes are provided to remove deodorant/antiperspirant. At AMI’s Women Center, a special top and a robe is provided for modesty and warmth. At AMI’s Women Center, a special top and a warmed robe is provided for modesty and warmth. You will be required to list a primary care provider whom the mammogram results can be sent to.
Suggested appointment times are a week after a menstrual cycle in an attempt to avoid breast tenderness. Patients should always inform the technologist of any breast symptoms, issues or if there is any possibility of pregnancy. Patients will need to undress from the waist up in a private, locked dressing room. Wipes are provided to remove deodorant/antiperspirant.
Radiologic technologists, known as mammographers, perform the exams. The breast is placed on a special platform and compressed with a paddle from above. The compression is required to spread out the tissue so that small abnormalities won’t be covered by overlying breast tissue and to hold the breast still to decrease blurring of the image.
An x-ray image will be taken and patients will be asked to change positions between images. The routine views are a top-to-bottom view and a side view of both breasts. AMI mammographers will perform the exams. The breast is placed on a special platform and compressed with a paddle from above. The compression is required to spread out the tissue so that small abnormalities won’t be covered by overlying breast tissue and to hold the breast still to decrease blurring of the image. An x-ray image will be taken and patients will be asked to change positions between images.
Screening mammogram patients can either leave immediately after their exam or wait for same-day results. Patients will also receive their results in the mail or via the patient portal. It is important to remember that when a patient is asked to have additional images for a perceived abnormality, the large majority of the time, there are no cancer cells present.
You should not be concerned if you are asked to return for additional screening such as a diagnostic mammogram and/or ultrasound. Screening mammogram patients can leave immediately after their exam and will receive their results in the mail. It is important to remember that when a patient is asked to have additional images for a perceived abnormality, the large majority of the time, there are no cancer cells present. Patients should not be concerned if they are asked to return for additional screening such as a diagnostic mammogram and/or ultrasound. Diagnostic mammogram patients will be asked to wait after their scan, because the AMI radiologists can usually have a result not long after the images are taken.
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The time it takes and number of scans/compressions performed are the same – two per breast on average. The only difference you will notice is that, while taking the image, the camera above will move. This allows images from multiple angles. Instead of simply giving the radiologists four images to view like the former 2D scans, 3D shows them an image for every millimeter of breast tissue with no additional time away from your busy schedule.
At AMI, we are proud to offer same-day results on 3D screening mammograms (restrictions apply). Our radiologists are dedicated to getting the results to you via our patient portal and your referring provider as soon as possible.
Not at AMI. We specifically selected equipment that does not utilize more radiation during a 3D mammogram.If you are concerned about radiation, don’t be. Here is some information from the American Cancer Society to help ease your mind.“Mammograms expose the breasts to small amounts of radiation. But the benefits of mammography outweigh any possible harm from the radiation exposure. Modern machines use low radiation doses to get breast x-rays that are high in image quality. On average the total dose for a typical mammogram with 2 views of each breast is about 0.4 millisieverts, or mSv. (A mSv is a measure of radiation dose.)To put the dose into perspective, people in the US are normally exposed to an average of about 3 mSv of radiation each year just from their natural surroundings. (This is called background radiation.) The dose of radiation used for a screening mammogram of both breasts is about the same amount of radiation a woman would get from her natural surroundings over about 7 weeks.”
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