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Hologic, Inc. develops, manufactures, and supplies diagnostics, medical imaging systems, and surgical products for women. The company's Breast Health segment offers full field digital mammography, C-View, screen-film mammography, computer aided detection, Trident specimen radiography, and stereotactic breast biopsy systems; healthcome mammography, breast biopsy, and breast brachytherapy products; and breast tomosynthesis, Selenia full field digital mammography platform, SecurView workstation, MammoPad breast cushions, photoconductor coatings, and Sentinelle medical MRI breast coils and workstations. Its Diagnostics segment provides APTIMA family of assays, target capture/nucleic acid extraction technology, transcription-mediated amplification technology, hybridization protection and dual kinetic assays, instrumentation, Invader chemistry platform, Cervista HPV tests, and ThinPrep system. The company's GYN Surgical segment offers NovaSure system to treat women with excessive menstrual bleeding; MyoSure system for the hysteroscopic removal of fibroids; Towerfree Hysteroscopy System for the visualization and inspection of the uterine cavity; Aquilex Fluid Control System to measure the inflow and outflow of fluid from the patient during hysteroscopic procedures; and Adiana system, a procedure for permanent female contraception. Its Skeletal Health segment provides QDR X-Ray bone densitometers that assess the bone density of fracture sites; Sahara clinical bone sonometers, which assess the bone density of heels; and Mini C-Arm imaging systems to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures on a patient's extremities. The company sells its products through direct sales and service forces, a network of independent distributors, and sales representatives primarily in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company has a strategic alliance with Quest Diagnostics Incorporated. Hologic, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.