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Nuclear medicine breast imaging is a diagnostic tool used in conjunction with mammograms to more accurately identify and locate cancerous tissue in the breasts. The test is particularly useful when the mammogram results are difficult to interpret because of previous biopsy or breast cancer surgery or dense breast tissue.
Upon arrival to the department, you will receive an injection of a radioactive tracer in your arm. You will then be asked to wait 15 minutes for the tracer to circulate.
You will then be asked to remove everything from the waist up and put on a gown. The imaging is then done in two parts.
The first part you will be asked to lay face down on a special table that has cutouts for your breasts to fit through. A picture of each breast will then be taken, lasting 10 minutes each.
The second part you will be asked to sit in a chair, with the camera in front of you. Another 10 minutes of pictures will be taken.
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Directions for Departments | | Directions from PARKING RAMP (Preferred Entrance):
Enter the six story parking ramp on College Avenue. No matter where you park, take the elevator to the third floor. Once on the third floor, you can enter the Robert C. Neldberg building using the large set of automatic doors. Once in the building, continue walking down the hallway until you reach the enclosed skywalk that will take you across the street. Cross College Avenue by this skywalk and turn left at the first hallway. Take the elevators “R,S,T” to the first floor. Proceed straight to the first hallway and turn left. Radiology office window is on your right.
Directions from PARKING LOT A:
Park in Parking Lot A (the parking lot which is to the east of the Robert C. Neldberg building, 580 W. College Avenue). Directly across the street is the “East Entrance”, this is labeled by a brown and white sign. Enter through the East Entrance and go to the main doors directly in front of you. Once in the hallway, take a right. Go all the way to the end of this hallway, and then take a left. Continue down this hallway until you reach the elevators labeled G&H on your right hand side. Take these elevators up one floor to the first floor. Radiology is on your left. Check in at the Radiology office window. |