Jefferson-Honickman Breast Imaging Center

About the Jefferson-Honickman Breast Imaging Center

The Jefferson-Honickman Breast Imaging Center has excellenced in mammography and multimodality breast imaging for more than 25 years. The Center staff performs approximately 40,000 procedures annually, making it one of the most active breast imaging services in the country. Procedures include mammograms, sonograms, needle-guided biopsies of non-palpable lesions, stereotactic- or ultrasound-guided core biopsies and breast MRI examinations.

The Jefferson-Honickman Breast Imaging Center offers comprehensive breast imaging in an elegantly appointed atmosphere with state-of-the-art design and equipment, spacious waiting areas, comfortable changing rooms and convenient schedules offering prompt appointment times. Radiologists specializing in breast imaging are available for consultation with all patients.

Call 215-955-5400 to schedule your diagnostic mammogram, breast ultrasound, breast MRI or biopsy. Early morning, lunchtime and after work appointments are available. The Center is located at:

1100 Walnut Street
4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Types of Imaging Tests

It's important to understand the type of screening your doctor may have ordered. Below are the specific types of imaging.

• Screening mammograms
  A screening mammogram is an X-ray of the breast used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of a breast abnormality or problem. A regular schedule of screening mammograms offers women the best way of detecting cancerous and precancerous conditions early, when treatment can be most effective.
• Diagnostic mammograms
  A diagnostic mammogram is an X-ray of the breast that is performed to evaluate a specific problem or symptom in the breast. Diagnostic mammograms may be used to evaluate changes found during a screening mammogram, or for women who feel a lump or other breast abnormality.
• Breast ultrasound
  A breast ultrasound uses sound waves to image the breast. A breast ultrasound is used to see whether a breast lump is filled with fluid (cyst) or if it is a solid lump. An ultrasound does not replace the need for a mammogram; it is often used along with a mammogram to check a problem in the breast.
• Breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  Many indications including evaluation of women with new diagnosis of breast cancer, and screening women at high risk of breast cancer. Breast MRI uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer to produce images of the breast. MRI of the breast is not a replacement for mammography or ultrasound but rather a supplemental tool for detecting and staging breast cancer and other breast abnormalities. Breast MRIs may be helpful in certain women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer in their lifetime and may have value for women with breast cancer.
• Breast PET CT
  Breast cancer is a systemic disease and therefore we utilize PET/CT to provide fused whole body metabolic and cross-sectional imaging to help stage and follow response to chemotherapy.
• Breast biopsy
  Ultrasound-guided biopsy — During an ultrasound-guided biopsy, small samples of tissue are removed from the breast using a hollow core needle with or without a vacuum-assisted device that is precisely guided to the correct location using continuous ultrasound imaging.
  Stereotactic biopsy — During a stereotactic biopsy, a special mammogram machine is used to guide a needle to the location of abnormality in the breast.
  MRI-guided biopsy — Using MRI guidance to locate the abnormality in the breast, radiologists remove samples of tissue using a vacuum-assisted device.