Breast Health & Women’s Imaging

Infirmary Health’s Breast Centers at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary provide full-service breast care services for detection, prevention and treatment of all breast related diseases. Additionally, mammography, breast MRI, bone density scans and other imaging services are located across Mobile and Baldwin counties for convenient access.

What Is Breast Health?

Breast health is unique to each individual women. To better understand what breast health means to you, start with a sense of what is normal for your breasts and perform regular self breast exams.

For many women, breast health includes concerns about breast lumps, nipple pain or discharge. Know what is normal for your breasts and when to consult your doctor.

Click here to take our High Risk Breast Cancer Risk Screening Quiz!

Infirmary Health Breast Centers

Infirmary Health’s Breast Centers at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary provide a wide variety of services to detect and treat breast cancer and other conditions.

The purpose of breast health centers is to provide comprehensive care to women to ensure that their breasts remain healthy and that no minor versions of these conditions turn into serious breast cancer.

Our breast centers are based at Mobile Infirmary, Thomas Hospital and North Baldwin Infirmary. We also offer mammography services at numerous locations including:

3D Mammography
Breast biopsies
Cyst aspiration
High-definition ultrasound

To schedule an appointment for imaging services, please call 251-435-2255.

Mammography

Mammograms are X-rays that take pictures the inside of the breast. A trained radiologist reviews the images to analyze the breast for cancer and then consult with you if further diagnostic testing is needed.

Infirmary Health's Breast Centers and Imaging Centers are now all-3D mammography facilities. 3D mammography is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is a standard of care for breast cancer screening. 3D mammography, digital breast tomosynthesis, creates a 3D picture of the breast using X-rays. The mammography machine rotates while taking several low-dose images from different angle around the breast to create the 3D image. This technology allows the radiologist to view the breast in layers enhancing their ability to detect breast cancer and reduce false positives.

A recent study of more than 1 million women found that a 3D mammogram finds more breast cancers and has a lower false-positive rate than a 2D mammogram. Learn more by clicking here.

The following locations also utilize Genius 3D Mammography technology to examine complex breast tissue to ensure that no cancer is undiagnosed:

The Breast Center at Mobile Infirmary
The Breast Center at Thomas Hospital
North Baldwin Infirmary Imaging Center
Infirmary Imaging | Saraland
Infirmary Imaging | Hillcrest
Thomas Medical Center

Whole Breast Ultrasound

With almost 40% of women having dense breasts (less fat and more tissue), mammograms alone may not always work to identify breast cancer. However, our mammographers use the Invenia ABUS 2.0 - an FDA approved mammography system for women with dense breasts to ensure that their breasts are properly screened. Instead of using radiation, this state-of-the-art technology uses sound waves to screen the entire breast.

Invenia ABUS 2.0 screening along with your screening mammogram will help provide a more complete evaluation of your dense breast tissue. Ask you physician about your breast density and risk factors for breast cancer.

Other Women's Imaging Services

Bone Density Scan

A bone density scan, also known as a DEXA scan, is a type of low-dose x-ray that measures calcium and other minerals in your bones. Bone density scans are often used to diagnose or assess your risk of osteoporosis, a health condition that weakens bones and makes them more likely to break. Osteoporosis is more common in women. According to the CDC, it affects almost 20% (1 in 5) of women aged 50 and over and almost 5% (1 in 20) of men aged 50 and over.

The following locations offer the DEXA scan:

The Breast Center at Thomas Hospital
North Baldwin Infirmary Imaging Center
Infirmary Imaging | Saraland
Infirmary Imaging | I-65
Thomas Medical Center

Education

Also available at our Breast Centers is education information about breast cancer, ways to treat it and after treatment care. This education along with the advice of our physicians is supposed to provide the women with all of the resources she needs to formulate a comprehensive breast care plan.