New breast cancer screening technology

Good morning friends. Breast cancers is one of the problem of women. Not only older women acquire this illness. Anyone can have it, even you are still in the peak of you teenage days. There is a New breast cancer screening technology. As early as possible women should have to go to the doctor and have a checked up. They said that prevention is better than cure.

With the number of breast cancer cases on the increase, a new screening technology has been introduced by Siemens Healthcare .

"For the first time in India, Siemens Healthcare introduced a breakthrough innovation called Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS) at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai," D Ragavan, the company's Sector CEO for Healthcare, South Asia, told the media here.

ABVS automatically acquires volume images of the breast, helping in comprehensive screening using ultrasound, he said. "This new technology comfortably images patients with dense breast tissue or with a history of breast disease."

The machine is equipped to ensure accurate and consistent diagnosis, Ragavan said. The one-button locking mechanism simplifies and expedites volume acquisition and addresses the common problem of repetitive stress injuries, he said.

With this technology, images can be acquired in less than 10 minutes, as compared to half an hour in the conventional systems, Ragavan said. – The Times of India