Mercy Medical Center's Tyanna O'Brien Center for Women's Imaging Earns Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center Accreditation

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BALTIMORE, Oct. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Radiology (ACR) has recognized Mercy Medical Center's Tyanna O'Brien Center for Women's Imaging as a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center (CBIC), a designation that recognizes breast imaging facilities that achieve excellence through participation in the ACR's rigorous breast-imaging accreditation programs.

The ACR awards the CBIC designation to centers that are fully accredited in mammography, stereotactic breast biopsy, breast ultrasound, including the ultrasound-guided breast biopsy module, and breast MRI. The designation recognizes a center's commitment to quality assurance and improving women's health through comprehensive breast imaging services.

The Center for Women's Imaging at Mercy is a dedicated breast imaging and diagnostic center located at The Weinberg Center at Mercy in downtown Baltimore. The Center's radiologists specialize in the diagnosis, screening and prevention of breast cancer and breast disease. Services include screening and diagnostic 3D mammography, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, breast biopsies and imaging-guided localization procedures.

The CBIC designation is based on the ACR's comprehensive accreditation requirements for breast imaging. According to the ACR, the designation provides recognition of a facility's commitment to quality and includes a comprehensive assessment of the medical imaging facility, an ongoing process for self-assessment and recognition among patients, providers, payers and administrators.

"We are extremely proud that the Tyanna O'Brien Center for Women's Imaging at Mercy has earned this important recognition from the American College of Radiology," said Deepa Masrani, M.D., Director, Center for Women's Imaging at Mercy. "This designation reflects the commitment of our entire breast imaging team to providing high-quality imaging and diagnostic services for the women we serve."

The Tyanna O'Brien Center for Women's Imaging is part of Mercy's broader commitment to comprehensive breast care. Mercy introduced advanced Genius™ 3D Mammography™ exams featuring 3DQuorum technology in 2024. The technology provides three-dimensional breast imaging designed to address the effects of overlapping breast tissue that can make abnormalities more difficult to detect on conventional mammography.

Since earlier this year, Mercy has been offering Contrast Enhanced Digital Mammograms, a highly effective diagnostic tool in the early detection of breast cancer.

Facilities that achieve and maintain the ACR's Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center designation are invited to participate in the ACR National Mammography Database (NMD).

Participation allows centers to benchmark practice performance, compare processes and outcomes with similar practices nationwide, identify opportunities for quality improvement and receive reports every six months.

The ACR's CBIC designation remains in effect as long as the center's required breast imaging services maintain their ACR accreditations.

The Tyanna O'Brien Center for Women's Imaging at Mercy is located at 227 St. Paul Place in Baltimore and can be reached at 410-332-9102. Below is a list of the Center's patient services:

- Digital 3D Mammography

- Screening 3D Mammograms (Tomosynthesis)

- Diagnostic 3D Mammograms (Tomosynthesis)

- Breast Ultrasound - Diagnostic Ultrasound and Whole Breast Ultrasound for Screening

- Screening and Diagnostic Breast MRI

- Image-guided Minimally Invasive Breast Biopsies

- Ultrasound-guided Breast Biopsy

- Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration

- Stereotactic Breast Biopsy, including Tomosynthesis-guided Biopsy

- MRI-guided Breast Biopsy

- Image-guided Needle Localization Procedures, including "Smart Clip" Localizations

- Formal Cancer Risk Assessment (performed for all patients)

Founded in 1874 in Baltimore by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Medical Center is a nonprofit Catholic health care organization and teaching hospital. Mercy has been recognized nationally by both U.S. News and World Report and Newsweek for its achievements in the field of orthopedic surgery.

For more information, visit Mercy online at www.mdmercy.com; MDMercyMedia on Facebook and Twitter(X); www.youtube.com/mmcbaltimore; or call 1-800-M.D.-Mercy.

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Mercy Health Services / Mercy Medical Center

Office: 410-332-9714

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