Mercy Women's Center
Mercy Women’s Center was the first facility in
Oklahoma to acquire Digital Mammography and the first to incorporate
Breast MRI into routine clinical practice.
In January 2002, Dr. Rebecca Stough launched the
Mercy Breast MRI Program, studying several hundred patients before
switching to the Aurora breast-dedicated MRI in March 2003. Mercy
Women’s Center is also one of the most active research centers in the
U.S. assisting with the development of a screening blood test to detect
early breast cancer. This effort is part of the Breast MRI Program where
thousands of blood specimens intimately linked by database to MRI
results now comprise the largest such research reservoir anywhere.
Breast MRI of Oklahoma selected as one of three beta
test sites for spiralRODEO™ Breast MRI
FDA approval for bilateral RODEO™
MRI in September 2003, the next major development was spiralRODEO™ where
the image slices are even thinner (1 mm) and sharper. Mercy Women's
Center / Breast MRI of Oklahoma was asked to serve as one of three beta
test sites worldwide for the introduction of this new technology.
Click here to view a demonstration of spiralRODEO™.
This patient’s mammograms were negative, and moderate density was
thought to allow reasonable sensitivity. However, RODEO™ MRI revealed a
completely unsuspected cancer (arrow). |
Alan B. Hollingsworth, MD,
Medical Director, and Rebecca G. Stough, MD, Clinical Director, were
classmates and graduates of the OU College of Medicine. |
