N.J. practice installs GE’s contrast-enhanced mammo tech

Cooper University Health Care has deployed GE Healthcare’s SenoBright Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) technology for breast imaging at Cooper Cancer Institute.

SenoBright allows physicians to perform additional tests on the Senographe mammography system, see the results in a familiar context and make diagnostic decisions by providing a contrast-enhanced image in the same position as the standard mammography views, according to GE.

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