AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

Dear Women's Imaging Insider,

Some differences in imaging equipment can seem innocuous. Sure, maybe one MRI unit has more bells and whistles than another, but is patient care really compromised if the features aren't the same in every system?

Researchers from the University of Chicago say yes. Their study showed that kinetic curves of malignant breast lesions aren't consistent across MRI systems -- and such discrepancies could notably affect a woman's breast cancer treatment.

In this month's Insider, we bring you their findings, which are to be published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Click here for the article. As an Insider subscriber, you have access to the story well before the rest of our AuntMinnie.com members.

As for other Women's Imaging Digital Community news, find out about up-and-coming breast imaging modalities, as outlined by Bonnie Rush, consultant and president of Breast Imaging Specialists of San Diego, at the recent annual meeting of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) in Las Vegas. Also discover what some researchers are saying about digital breast tomosynthesis and recall rates, and check out why more-detailed US exams catch more fetal abnormalities.

As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please feel free to contact me at [email protected].