Revolutionizing Breast Imaging with Precision and Care
Every Woman Deserves Clarity and Comfort
Revolutionizing Breast Imaging with Precision and Care
✅ No Radiation
✅ No compression
✅ Non-Invasive
✅ 3D Imaging
Clear, Comfortable, and Compassionate Imaging for Every Woman
Qlarity Breast Imaging is dedicated to enhance your breast imaging experience. We use a groundbreaking technology that measures the speed of sound through tissue to create a 3D reconstruction of the breast. All this without uncomfortable compression or radiation exposure!
Why Breast Imaging Matters
50%
50% of women have dense breasts, placing them at increased risk of breast cancer.
50%
50% of women have dense breasts, placing them at increased risk of breast cancer.
2024
This year, more than 250,000 U.S. Women will be diagnosed with breast cancer.
80%
80% of callback biopsies are benign. A goal of QT is to decrease the number of unnecessary biopsies by identifying benign cysts and micro calcifications in the screening phase.
35%
35% of women aged 40–70 do not get screened and may have the risk of having breast cancer.
65%
Of the 65% of women who do get screened, many suffer through unnecessary callbacks.
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65%
Of the 65% of women who do get screened, many suffer through unnecessary callbacks.
The Dense Breast Challenge
Conventional breast imaging modalities, such as mammography, face tremendous challenges when imaging dense breast tissue, which puts women with dense breasts – nearly half the female population – at an immediate disadvantage. This is because cancer can appear similar to regular breast tissue and if there is a lot of breast tissue (such as in the case of dense breasts), the cancer can ‘hide’. Our QT technology has the ability to image through dense breasts, and our ongoing clinical trials aim to confirm how the QTscan can effectively detect suspicious regions. Our case studies show high contrast breast images with no injections and no radiation.
Frequently Asked Questions
You can schedule your scan online by calling the office hotline.
The QT scan is available to women of all ages who are interested in evaluating breast health.
No. We are offering the scan to women without a referral.
No. We are offering this revolutionary technology to all interested women, whether or not they are patients in our functional medicine practice.
A SCREENING scan is for a woman who:
- Has no significant breast concerns
- Reports they are here for screening
- They may have an increased lifetime risk of breast cancer (family history or genetic issue) but as long as they’ve never had an abnormal biopsy
- Breast implants can still be considered screening as long as meet other criteria
A DIAGNOSTIC scan will be defined as a scan done on a woman who:
- Has breast-related symptoms like:
- Breast lump, skin or nipple change, or other breast complaint
- Cyclic breast tenderness or generalized tenderness of life-long duration does NOT count as symptomatic
- Known breast cancer current or past
- Prior abnormal pathology on breast biopsy:
- Atypia, hyperplasia, cancer
- Fibroadenoma is NOT abnormal pathology
- If they don’t know the pathology then will need a diagnostic scan
- Requires interpretation and correlation with outside breast images (including mammograms, handheld ultrasound, automated breast ultrasound, breast thermography and breast MRI patient)
- Desires a “second opinion” regarding confirmation of findings from other medical providers or breast consultants
A FOLLOW-UP scan is one recommended by interpreting radiologist in lieu of a breast biopsy. Must be performed at same facility and within 6 months of original scan.
Regular screening scan: $550
Diagnostic scan: $625
Follow-up scan: $200 (single breast in question only)
The scans are analyzed by a radiologist with special training in breast MRI and QT Technology imaging.
The results will be delivered to you online in the portal within 1 week of your scan.
The technology is so sophisticated that if your results are normal and you are at average risk, you can wait 2 years for a repeat scan. If you are at high risk, annual screening is recommended.
If there is a concern on your scan, the radiologist will make a recommendation for either:
Biopsy. This is if there’s enough concern that it is cancerous. Some specialists will require a mammogram prior to doing a biopsy. We hope this changes as QT imaging gets more exposure.
Short-interval follow-up to evaluate doubling time. This is an excellent feature of QT. Doubling time can be used to help determine if the lesion is truly serious. Agressive cancer replicates quickly, with a short doubling time, whereas benign lesions and non-aggressive cancers have a longer time. Using doubling time can help avoid unnecessary biopsies, as well as overdiagnosis and overtreatment of very slow growing cancers.
If your results require a biopsy we will advise you to follow up with a breast surgeon. We will provide you with options for this consultation.
You will have access to the report on the portal and can either print a copy or e-send it directly to your doctor.
This is an excellent test for women with dense breasts.
This test is not cleared for pregnant women.
Breast feeding is not a contraindication to a QT scan. However, unless you have a specific concern, it may be better to wait until you are done breast feeding, as the breast tissue varies quite a lot during breast feeding.
Because there is no compression, the QT scan is an excellent choice for women with implants. There is no risk of implant rupture with a QT scan.
The QT scan is not considered by the FDA or the general medical establishment to be a replacement for a mammogram.
We recommend showering the night before or the morning of your scan. Please do not use lotion, powder, or any other products on your breasts. If you have open sores or wounds on your breasts, we will need to reschedule your appointment until it heals.
Comparison of Breast Imaging Options
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Clarity is Key at Qlarity Breast Imaging
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QT Technology–The Future of Breast Imaging.
At Qlarity, we use the revolutionary QT Technology that provides true 3D images of the breast, down to a few hundred cells. It measures the speed of sound through tissue and has the potential to distinguish between different types of tissue.
And the best part? It does all this WITHOUT painful compression or harmful radiation.
You do not need a referral or to become a member of our clinic to book your appointment. We offer this service a la carte to benefit our community and improve women’s breast health.
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What Women Are Saying
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Location
Vitality Renewal Functional Medicine
Phone: (815) 980-7429
Imaging Hours
Mon – Fri: 9 am – 5 pm
Sat, Sun: Closed
QTSCAN and QT IMAGING are trademarks of QT Imaging, Inc and manufactures of the machine. Qlarity Breast Imaging uses the QT Imaging machine and is not a direct affiliate of QT Imaging, Inc.