National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October was National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Please visit us at the Breast Diagnostic Center for your annual mammogram.  All screening mammograms are reviewed by our R2 ImageChecker which has scientifically proven to identify the early detection of breast cancers by up to 20%.  The key to a higher survival rate is early detection.

SRHC Offers New Softer Mammogram

Salina Regional Health Center’s Outpatient Imaging and Breast Diagnostic Center now provides a new product that dramatically eases the discomfort many women feel when they get a mammogram.  More on this story....

Image Checker Helps in Early Cancer Detection

This is due to a new computer-aided detection system (CAD), called the ImageChecker, which acts like a "spellchecker" for radiologists.  Applying CAD technology to study mammograms may lead to a higher percentage of early stage cancer detection, and greatly improve survival rates.  More on this story...

SRHC's MRI System Gets Upgrade

Salina Regional Health Center has added another tool to its arsenal for fighting breast cancer by using breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for early detection.   Salina Regional Health Center announced that they recently upgraded their MRI system on the Santa Fe Campus to the very newest high field technology from General Electric.  Salina Regional is among the first in the State of Kansas to have the HDx system which will enhance all MRI imaging including breast imaging. More on this story...

New PET/CT Fusion Exam Offered at SRHC

CT scans and PET scans have long been used to detect disease.  Now, new technology known at PET/CT Fusion, available at Salina Regional Health Center, combines the power of computer tomography (CT) with positron emission tomography (PET to greatly enhance early detection, precision treatment and accurate monitoring of therapy.  More on this story...

Hi-Field "Truly Open" MRI only at
Salina Regional Outpatient Imaging Center

Vertebroplasty Gives Relief

Osteoporosis is a major health problem throughout the United States and the developed world.  In the US alone, more than 700,000 vertebral body fractures are diagnosed yearly, resulting in more than 100,000 hospital admissions.  With an aging population, the number of osteoporatic fractures is expected to increase significantly in the coming years.  This relatively new procedure promises dramatic relief from painful vertebral body compression fractures.  More on this story...