The medical field is caught in the middle of turmoil as a congress and a president are attempting to figure out how to reform the health care industry
. However, the doctors and those who are in the business of giving the care are ignoring the noise and moving ahead in taking care of the patients.
Over the course of the years, there have been many medical breakthroughs that are attributed to the doctors who make that breakthrough. However, many times the beginning of breakthrough comes from further upstream. Those who invent the medical equipment that is used in doctor's offices and hospitals all over the world come from someone who is medically inclined enough to understand how things work, yet mechanically inclined enough and well versed in the sciences to know what type of medical equipment is needed.
One such invention in the medical field is the gamma camera. The gamma camera is a device that has changed over the years and has been improved on and had similar cameras made to fit the needs and utilize the technology along the way.
One of the best things to come out of the gamma camera is the improvement in the fight against breast cancer. The gamma camera has been a breakthrough in this area because it is able to detect the tumor in the breast at a much earlier stage in the development of the cancer. The other key is that it is able to do this at a comparable cost to the more traditional mammogram machine that has been used for a lot of years. In the years before the gamma camera became a tool in the fight against breast cancer, the only other thing that could be used to detect the breast cancer in a women was an MRI machine. However, this method was much more expensive and inconvenient so it was rarely used.
Now, with the invention of the gamma camera and its development to the point that it is at today, women do not have to settle for the traditional mammogram machine and they can have the peace of mind that they are getting an accurate detection of breast cancer at a much sooner stage in the cancer than ever before. They can do all of this and not increase the cost to themselves or to their insurance. This makes a world of difference in the lives of so many women and their families.