Women's healthcare firm Gynesonics has announced that nonprofit health system MedStar Health has introduced its Sonata procedure for uterine fibroid treatment in the Maryland and Washington, DC, region.
The first Sonata procedure at MedStar Washington Hospital Center was performed by Dr. Vadim Morozov at the institution. MedStar Health consists of 10 hospitals, ambulatory care, and urgent care centers with 4,300 affiliated physicians.
The Sonata procedure utilizes an intrauterine ultrasound handpiece and radiofrequency energy to locate and target symptomatic uterine fibroids. The incision-free procedure offers women an alternative to hysterectomy and myomectomy for treating a range of fibroid types, sizes, and locations, according to Gynesonics.
![A normal mammogram confirmed by three-year radiologic follow-up illustrates reader-marked regions of interest (ROIs) during (A) unaided (round 1) and (B) artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted (round 2) reading. Each colored dot represents an ROI for recall by a human reader. Readers could mark more than one ROI per case, represented by multiple dots of the same color. During AI-assisted reading, the AI system displayed three visible prompts: two with suspicion of malignancy scores of 35% (left mediolateral oblique [L MLO] and craniocaudal [L CC]) and one with a suspicion of malignancy score of 10% (right craniocaudal [R CC]), shown as polygonal overlays. Without AI, six of 10 readers (60%) marked a false-positive ROI. With AI assistance, this fell to two of 10 (20%). R MLO = right mediolateral oblique.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/07/2026-07-14-radiology-mammogram-ai-auto-bias.H0bYO8QlWs.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
