Image-Guided Breast Biopsy

Image-guided breast biopsy is a non-surgical method of assessing a breast abnormality.

During an image-guided breast biopsy, a mammography machine uses X-rays to guide the radiologist’s biopsy equipment to the site of the abnormal growth. The mammography shows the exact location of the mass by using computer and digital X-rays taken from different angles. Then, a biopsy is performed during which the radiologist inserts a needle through the skin to remove a sample of cells.

Once the cells are removed from the abnormal area, they can be examined under a microscope to determine a diagnosis.

Before Your Procedure

Please arrive 15 minutes before your appointment time. Please do not eat or drink after midnight the night before your abdominal vascular ultrasound.

Bring the following information with you:

A signed prescription for an imaging study (unless your doctor’s office has either faxed an order or indicated they entered the order directly into Inova’s electronic medical records system)
Insurance card
Photo ID (e.g., license, passport)
Any previous exam films and reports performed at a non-Inova facility, including X-rays, mammograms, MRIs, CT scans and ultrasounds
Implant card, if applicable

Image-Guided Breast Biopsy is available at:

Inova Partnership Sites

Fairfax Radiology Breast Center of Loudoun
Peterson Family Breast Center

An Inova Partnership
19465 Deerfield Ave
Suite 105
Lansdowne, VA 20176

703-788-8426
Fax: 571-382-6587

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Fairfax Radiology Breast Center of Reston-Herndon

An Inova Partnership
106 Elden St.
Suite 16
Herndon, VA 20170

703-481-3939
Fax: 703-796-1103