Getting an accurate and timely diagnosis is the critical first step to winning a battle with cancer. That is why East Alabama Medical Center uses the most advanced, most extensive diagnostic tools available to help determine what kind of cancer you have, its location and the most effective way to treat it. Along with lab and pathology testing, endoscopy procedures and surgical biopsies, our services include the following:

• Positron Emission Tomography/CT (PET/CT) scanning at Auburn Diagnostic Imaging
• 64-slice and 16-slice CT scanners at Auburn Diagnostic Imaging and East Alabama Medical Center
• 1.5T MRI scanners at Auburn Diagnostic Imaging (with convenient Saturday and evening appointments available) and East Alabama Medical Center; 3T MRI (the most powerful MRI available for clinical use) at the Auburn MRI Center.)
• Digital mammography at Auburn Diagnostic Imaging and East Alabama Medical Center
• Breast MRI biopsies, stereotactic breast biopsies, and sentinel node biopsies
• Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) at East Alabama Medical Center
• Nuclear medicine and ultrasound imaging at Auburn Diagnostic Imaging and East Alabama Medical Center

To schedule a diagnostic procedure, check with your primary care physician for a referral.