AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

Dear Women's Imaging Insider,

Patient, radiologist, and facility characteristics can all affect how well mammograms are interpreted by radiologists. But how do technologists fit into the mix?

In a study we're highlighting in this edition of the Insider, researchers from the University of North Carolina explored this very question. They found that technologists definitely influence radiologists' performance for mammography -- get the details by clicking here.

When you've finished our Insider Exclusive, check out what else is going on in the Women's Imaging Community:

• Read what researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discovered about women's awareness of breast density as a risk factor for cancer.
• Learn how applying computer-aided detection twice to digital breast tomosynthesis exams boosts sensitivity and reduces radiation dose.
• Discover how giving women more information about the negative aspects of mammography, such as overdiagnosis, makes them less inclined to want breast screening.
• Check out what Harvard Medical School researchers found when they tracked mammography screening rates after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released its 2009 recommendations.
• Find out why Boston researchers believe breast density notification laws may not be helpful.
• Learn how interventional radiologists are working to make childbirth safer.

As always, if you have a comment, report, or article idea to share about any aspect of women's imaging, please contact me.