For many women, just the thought of that first mammogram can be a little nerve-wracking. That’s why we’re taking a few minutes to soothe those nerves and help you know what to expect.
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Woman. She is our mother, wife, grandmother, sister, daughter and friend. She cares for us, nurtures us and comforts us. She is special in her being, delicate yet powerful. She also has a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. However, she has a greater chance than ever before of being cured with early detection and treatment.
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Outpatient facilities like PrimeImaging are not directly affiliated with one hospital system. The benefits to you are lower costs, faster results, and shorter wait times. We can save you as much as 50 percent on some procedures.
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Being a part of innovative healthcare solutions is easy for PrimeImaging. Our energetic group of physicians operates multiple outpatient imaging facilities in the Chattanooga area.
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No, it's not for our four-legged friends, although many animals have had PET scans in research studies. PET is short for Positron Emission Tomography, and it's one of the newer imaging studies that is helping to change the detection and treatment of cancer and Alzheimer's disease.
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Women will develop breast cancer. But there is hope in detecting the disease early with new Breast Imaging techniques. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, and in women, breast cancer is the most common cancer. Approximately 13 percent of women, or one in eight, will develop breast cancer sometime in their lives.
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Successful modern workstations must be a subtle combination of a great many attributes as well as provide intelligent display of integrated software applications. In the past, this seemed like a tall order, but in today’s environment, it can be a reality.
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For more than 50 years, PrimeImaging has been pioneering imaging services in the tri-state area of Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The innovative group, including 11 radiologists at 12 sites, often is the first to offer emerging technologies that positively impact patients and physicians in the community, including the area’s first full-body CT scanner and first all-digital outpatient imaging center.
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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a time-proven and FDA-approved technique that has been used to destroy tumors in tissue in thousands of patients. Recently RFA has been used percutaneously (through the skin) to treat cancer in patients who are unable to undergo an open and more invasive traditional surgical procedure.
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Thanks to evolving technology and dedication of today’s innovators, doctors are equipped now more than on detecting and combating cancer. And in the world of prostate cancer surveillance, nothing is rising to the top more so than magnetic resonance imaging. Better known as MRI, this technology merges the magnetic field, radio waves and computers to produce highly detailed images of humans internal structures in a noninvasive way.
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