Caring for Your Whole Body with Imaging

Mammograms and diagnostic imaging are an essential part of a woman’s life. At Premier, we feel women’s imaging should be a comfortable and positive experience. That’s why we created the Premier Center for Women.

Newly updated and expanded in December 2021, our women’s center offers privacy, comfort and service unmatched anywhere else in Cookeville or the Upper Cumberland area. Still part of Premier Diagnostic Imaging’s outpatient facility, our Center for Women features a separate entrance and reception area, ensuring you the privacy you deserve. Also, our dedicated reception area and additional exam room mean quicker appointment scheduling, speedy check-ins, and faster in-and-out service.

Our women’s imaging center provides state-of-the-art imaging technology. As well as digital mammography and breast care services, we offer diagnostic imaging for your whole-body health.

Don’t put off your screening mammogram because you’re worried about pain. Our Genius 3D mammography exam with SmartCurve technology provides a more accurate and more comfortable exam.

During a breast biopsy, a board-certified physician draws a small tissue sample from the breast with a needle. A pathologist then examines the tissue for irregularities.

• Vacuum-Assisted Core Needle Biopsy
  This core biopsy procedure is ideal for lumps not felt during a physical breast exam – or a spot that shows up on a mammogram. The core biopsy method is also suitable for fluid-filled lumps or cysts. 
• Stereotactic Biopsy
  A stereotactic breast biopsy is commonly used to assess breast anomalies like tiny calcium deposits, tissue irregularities, or areas of abnormal change.

Also called sonography, this technique uses sound waves to take pictures inside the body, especially soft tissues. Ultrasound is ideal for gynecological and obstetrical imaging. It’s also useful for breast ultrasounds and guiding breast biopsies.

Otherwise known as bone density tests, a DEXA scan is a non-invasive test that measures mineral density in bones to determine whether a woman is at risk for osteoporosis.

Also known as computerized tomography, CT scans create cross-sectional images of body parts or organs in the body.

Nuclear imaging is a safe and painless type of imaging that uses a low-dose radioactive agent to accurately visualize the flow and function of different organs of your body.

Magnetic resonance imaging is ideal for diagnosing injury or disease of soft tissues, bones and joints, as well as the nervous and cardiovascular systems.