Brussels Menopause Center, a private clinic for women's health in Belgium, has chosen Sectra MicroDose Mammography to offer women in Brussels mammography examinations at the lowest radiation dose on the market. The clinic is first in the Brussels region to offer women this benefit.

Brussels Menopause Center is a highly specialized women's health clinic. Specialties include gynecology, mammography, and detection and treatment of osteoporosis. The clinic performs approximately 7,000 screening and clinical mammography examinations annually.

The clinic is digitizing its mammography operations and will implement Sectra's total solution for digital mammography, including Sectra MicroDose Mammography and Sectra Breast Imaging PACS (a system for managing and archiving digital breast images). With Sectra's solution, Brussels Menopause Center will be able to offer women in Brussels mammography examinations with a significantly lower radiation dose than any other system on the market. Digitizing the mammography operations will also increase workflow efficiency and provide radiologists with instant access to images and information regardless of location.

"With Sectra's system, we will avoid exposing women to higher radiation levels than necessary. Our mission is to provide the best possible care for women and this investment meets our requirements in every way," says Dr. Pornel, head of Brussels Menopause Center. "Furthermore, digitizing our mammography operations with a system of the highest quality and efficiency is important for our international collaborations."

Safe and effective mammography screening

With retained or superior imaging quality, Sectra's mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, generates by far the lowest dose of radiation among all of the systems offered on the market. Combined with good ergonomics and a well-conceived workflow, the low dose enables radiographers and radiologists to work more efficiently and safely. At the same time, the radiation to which the women are exposed is minimized to the lowest conceivable level. Sectra MicroDose Mammography is based on a unique detector technology that counts each X-ray photon. This is considered by many to be the X-ray technology of the future.