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Novato Community Hospital Breast Imaging Services

If you discover a lump in your breast, contact your doctor immediately to rule out cancer. Breast imaging can help you get the information you need.

Close up of breast ultrasound imaging examination

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  • Breast MRI
  • Breast Ultrasound
  • Image-Guided Breast Biopsy

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Breast Imaging Services within the Sutter Health network

The Sutter Health network has doctors and services in more than 100 California cities.

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    State-of-the-Art Breast Imaging

    Depending on your symptoms, your family history and the density of your breasts, breast imaging experts across the Sutter Health network can use a combination of imaging technologies to screen for and diagnose breast abnormalities. Mammography is the foundation of breast cancer screening, but we offer many other additional imaging technologies to assess breast health. Here are some of the services we provide:

    Screening and Diagnostic Mammography

    During a mammogram, two pictures are taken of each breast using a machine that compresses your breast tissue and emits low-dose radiation. Most Sutter imaging centers use digital mammography machines for an even lower-dose procedure that allows radiologists a better view of the entire breast to the chest wall. If you feel a lump, have nipple discharge or a positive screening mammogram, a more focused mammogram is performed.

    Woman receiving annual breast exam

    Breast MRI

    Lying face down on the MRI table, you will be advanced into a donut-shaped gantry that contains a large super-conducting magnet. Better suited to the imaging of tissue, the test may be used to evaluate a lump that is not seen on a mammogram, screen high-risk women or check for possible breast implant rupture.

    Breast Ultrasound

    Ultrasound gel and a wand called a transducer are placed directly on the skin to generate—and collect—sound waves, producing images of the structures inside the breast. Ultrasounds may be used for women with dense breasts or a family history of breast cancer, those whose lump cannot be seen on a mammogram, or in the event of pregnancy to avoid the use of radiation. It also can distinguish between cysts and tumors.

    Doctors at Novato Community Hospital

    The following doctors are part of the Sutter Health network. Learn about the doctors on this site.
    Russell C. Fritz, M.D.

    Russell C. Fritz, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Anthony K. Gordon, M.D.

    Anthony K. Gordon, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Eric D. Smith, M.D.

    Eric D. Smith, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Janaki N. Ramanathan, M.D.

    Janaki N. Ramanathan, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Jana M. Crain, M.D.

    Jana M. Crain, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Donna Hoghooghi, M.D.

    Donna Hoghooghi, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Philip Kurzman, M.D.

    Philip Kurzman, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Robert L. Wirth, M.D.

    Robert L. Wirth, M.D.

    • Radiology

    Betsy A. Holland, M.D.

    Betsy A. Holland, M.D.

    • Radiology

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    Novato Community Hospital Imaging

    Novato Community Hospital Imaging

    180 Rowland Way

    Novato, CA 94945

    (415) 209-1522

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