Losing Weight After Age 50 May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Breast cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Obesity is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer, particularly when excess…
Category Archives: Lake Medical Imaging Center News
Should CT be added to criteria for diagnosing COPD?
By Abraham Kim, AuntoMinnie.com Staff Writer November 13, 2019 — Researchers from Colorado have proposed expanding the diagnostic criteria for chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) to consider CT data along with a patient’s symptoms, environmental exposure, and spirometry results in […]
Breast Density: Video
Breast cancer is four to six more times likely to develop in women with dense breasts. Fortunately, there are new technologies to customize breast imaging according to the patient’s breast density so that even the tiniest cancer can be diagnosed […]
Nuclear Medicine Test Offers Less Invasive Alternative to Biopsy for Cardiac Amyloidosis
Lake Medical Imaging now offers Nuclear Medicine imaging with technetium-99m pyrophosphate (Tc99m-PYP) for the diagnosis of cardiac transthyretin ATTR amyloidosis. As new treatment options for cardiac amyloidosis emerge, the scan is a viable noninvasive alternative to performing a heart tissue […]
June is Men’s Health Month
Pinpointing Prostate Cancer Lake Medical Imaging’s PET (Positron Emission Tomography) scan utilizes Axumin™, an imaging agent that makes it easier to pinpoint recurring prostate cancer in patients with an elevated PSA who have been previously treated. In the past, conventional […]
Three signs you may have osteoporosis
The best time to catch and treat osteoporosis is before you develop any signs or symptoms. But would you recognize potential warning signs that you may already have this bone disease which affects 200 million people worldwide? Your answer is […]
Breast Density: Why is it Important?
Dense breast tissue is made up of glands and fibrous tissue and is an independent risk factor in and of itself for breast cancer. An abnormality on a mammogram can “hide” in dense tissue. In addition, cancers can form in […]
May is National Stroke Awareness Month
Pioneered by our radiologists, Automated Brain Perfusion Scanning improves outcomes for emergency stroke patients at Leesburg Regional Medical Center and The Villages Regional Hospital. The RAPID imaging platform utilizes CT perfusion and simultaneous CT angiogram to help identify salvageable tissue […]
Automated 3D Whole Breast Ultrasound
3D Whole Breast Ultrasound, or ABUS, is just a part of our arsenal in the fight against breast cancer. Lake Medical Imaging offers a full range of breast screening options for women with all types of breast density. Breast mammography […]
Noninvasive imaging technique could lead to improved COPD treatment
Lake Medical Imaging introduced CT Lung Density Analysis (LDA) as a quantitative imaging biomarker to assist in the diagnosis and management of COPD. This groundbreaking imaging software analyzes a patient’s lung function as they inhale and exhale and enables physicians […]