Services

Mammography

Early breast cancer detection is key to the overall success of breast cancer management, and 3D Mammography remains the gold standard to achieve this.

MUSIC's GE Pristina 3D system improves the entire mammography experience. From elegant lighting and gentle rounded shapes to a host of comfort-enhancing features, it is designed to ease anxiety and create a calm, relaxing environment that enables fast, effective and more comfortable exams. Highly experienced in compression techniques, MUSIC's staff strives to make patients comfortable during the exam.

Ultrasonography

Using sound waves instead of x-rays, ultrasound examinations provide images of internal organs and other structures such as blood vessels and cysts. In addition to breast ultrasound, which can complement the images obtained using mammography, we also offer a wide range of general ultrasound imaging (such as thyroid, abdomen, kidneys, carotid arteries, aorta, testicular, pelvic, and venous).

MUSIC utilizes the Toshiba Xario 200 ultrasound system which combines advanced imaging technologies with excellent depth and detail.

Bone Mineral Density (BMD)

Bone density measurements are used to screen patients for osteoporosis. The BMD examination utilizes low dose x-rays to quantify the amount of calcium and other bone minerals in a defined area of bone. This study allows an estimation of the risk for future bone fractures and an assessment of the efficacy of medications used to treat osteopenia/osteoporosis.

MUSIC uses the Hologic discovery DXA bone densitometry system.

Patient Forms

Please complete the registration and release forms available for download before your appointment. If this is not possible, please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment to complete the necessary documents.

How to Prepare for Your Exam

Please refer to these patient instructions if you are scheduled for a mammogram, abdominal ultrasound, aortic ultrasound, pelvic ultrasound, thyroid ultrasound, testicular ultrasound, or venous ultrasound.

Mammography Patient Instructions

Do not wear any deodorant, talcum powder, perfume, or lotion under the breasts or underarms the day of your examination. This may produce artifacts on the images obtained.
Inform the technologist of any problem or concern you have regarding your breasts before the start of your examination.
Before the examination, you will be asked to undress from the waist up, and you will be provided a gown for the exam. It is best to wear 2-piece clothing on the day of the exam.
Please inform the technologist before the exam if there is any possibility of pregnancy.

Abdominal Ultrasound Patient Instructions

For adults, nothing to eat or drink 8 hours before the examination.
You may take your regular medications with small sips of water.
If you are an insulin-dependent diabetic, please consult with your referring health care provider before examining instructions for insulin injections.
You may brush your teeth. No chewing gum, please.

Pelvic Ultrasound Patient Instructions

You may eat your normal meals the day of the examination.
One hour before your examination, you must drink 32 ounces of fluid. Do not empty your bladder before your examination. It is necessary to have a full bladder during the first part of your test.

Aortic, Testicular, Venous Ultrasound Patient Instructions

No preparation necessary.

Thyroid Ultrasound Patient Instructions

No special preparation is needed, but it is advised to wear a loose-fitting shirt that will allow easy access to the neck region.

Bone Mineral Density Patient Instructions

Please inform the technologist before the exam if there is any possibility of pregnancy.
This test should not be scheduled within 7 days following a nuclear medicine bone scan or an x-ray study that used IV contrast or barium. Those can interfere with the machine's interpretation.