Tag Archives: Radiology

Submitted by Emma Simpson, MD, Interim System Chair, Radiology   Main Line Health is pleased to announce that Digital Breast Tomosynthesis, also known as 3D Mammography, will be available to your patients in early summer at each of our Breast … Continue reading →

By Emma Simpson, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Radiology   Over the last several weeks we have presented articles on topics we think are of current interest in Imaging.  Let us know if there are specific topics you’d like to … Continue reading →

By Emma Simpson, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Radiology   While digital mammography was a huge diagnostic improvement over film/screen mammography, it is still limited by the fact that it is a 2 dimensional image of 3 dimensional structure.  The … Continue reading →

By Emma Simpson, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Radiology  Breast density is a hot topic in mammography these days, thanks in part to a wave of legislation sweeping the country, As of  January 2014  we are now mandated by law to … Continue reading →

By Joseph Bonn, MD, Director of Interventional Radiology, Lankenau Medical Center  Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) is a highly prevalent, serious medical event, striking over 600,000 Americans each year, resulting in between 150,000 and 200,000 deaths annually, and burdening an unknown … Continue reading →

By Eric Stein, MD, Chief of Interventional Radiology   Kyphoplasty is indicated in the treatment of acute, painful fractures in the thoracic and lumbar spine in the osteoporotic patient, or in patients with myeloma or metastatic maligancy to bone who … Continue reading →