Mammography in Sparta

The Radiology Department in Sparta, Wisconsin, offers full-field digital mammography for breast cancer screening in a comfortable, homelike setting. All images are sent electronically to radiologists in La Crosse for review. You typically will receive your results within one week. Women 40 and older can be screened for breast cancer.

The advantages of digital mammography include:

• Improved imaging of dense breast tissue, which is common in younger women
• Decreased waste, uses less energy and eliminates the use of chemicals needed to process X-ray film
• Cutting the time in half to perform a screening mammogram versus traditional film mammography
• Easier access to images across health care systems and the ability to transmit images to another facility with the click of a button
• Ability to correct images for overexposure or underexposure without having to repeat the X-ray