What is Preventive Imaging Screening?

At certain ages, people need regular tests to check for cancer. These tests are called screening tests. Screening tests can save your life by finding disease or abnormalities early when it is most treatable. Some screening tests can even prevent disease from developing at all.

A screening test checks for early signs of disease or cancer in people who have no symptoms. Preventative Imaging Screening is cutting-edge technology utilizing a multi-slice CT scanner. Able Imaging utilizes a GE Lightspeed Multi-slice CT scanner that is faster than conventional CT scanners. Its proprietary software rapidly scans the body, resulting in "stop action" 3-D views of your beating heart, breathing lungs and other organs.

Preventative Imaging Screening is used for early detection of disease or abnormalities in the neck, chest, heart, abdomen and pelvic regions. Coronary artery disease, pre-cancerous growths, lung damage that has resulted from smoking and a host of other diseases can be detected at the earliest possible stages when they can still be successfully treated or managed.

Able Imaging offers three types of Preventative Imaging Screening:

• Wellness Scan™
  
• Virtual Colonoscopy
  
• Cardiac Scoring

Preventive Imaging Screening is proactive, not reactive. Disease or abnormalities can be detected years before symptoms will occur. Although a prescription from your physician is not required for a preventive imaging screening, results should be discussed with your doctor