TABLE 1.
Services | No. of Facilities | % of Total Facilities |
---|---|---|
Imaging technique (n = 45) | ||
Screening mammography | 45 | 100 |
Diagnostic mammography | 34 | 76 |
Breast sonography | 30 | 67 |
Ductography | 16 | 36 |
Breast MRI | 7 | 16 |
Breast nuclear medicine scanning | 7 | 16 |
Digital mammography | 2 | 5 |
Computer-aided detection | 5 | 11 |
Other | 7 | 16 |
Interventional procedures (n = 45) | ||
Cyst aspiration | 24 | 53 |
Needle localization | 23 | 51 |
Core biopsy | 18 | 40 |
Fine-needle aspiration | 12 | 27 |
Vacuum-assisted biopsy | 11 | 24 |
Annual mammography volume (n = 42)a | ||
Low | 6 | 14 |
Medium | 30 | 71 |
High | 6 | 14 |
Note.—Low volume = < five examinations per mammography unit per day, Medium = 5–14 examinations, High = ≥15 examinations [4].
Annual volume included total screening and diagnostic mammography examinations performed in 2001. Data were available for only 42 facilities.