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Patients want screening mammography results via video

By Kate Madden Yee

Patients prefer receiving screening mammography results via a video message from their radiologist -- even more than a mailed letter or a phone call from their primary care provider, according to a study published online March 6 in Academic Radiology.

March 12, 2020

Researchers get $3M to develop new breast imaging tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. National Cancer Institute has granted $3 million to a group of academic researchers who want to create a new breast imaging system.

March 11, 2020

ABUS leads to more cancer detection, higher recall rates

By Theresa Pablos

Radiologists who double read automated breast ultrasound scans (ABUS) on their own or in combination with digital breast tomosynthesis had higher cancer detection rates -- but their recall rates were also higher, according to a recent study in the Journal of Breast Imaging.

March 11, 2020

Benefits of DBT for screening stand the test of time

By Theresa Pablos

The benefits of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) stand the test of time, according to a five-year retrospective study published on March 10 in Radiology. The study found DBT had better cancer detection and fewer false positives than digital mammography throughout multiple screening appointments.

March 11, 2020

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Theresa Pablos

March 9, 2020

Volpara completes VolparaLive installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions has installed its VolparaLive mammography decision-support software at Derry Imaging Center in Derry, NH.

March 9, 2020

Merit unveils Scout Access Guide

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems has introduced Scout Access Guide, a new slim guide option for oncoplastic breast surgery and lymph node dissection.

March 9, 2020

Poor, rural women less likely to get breast cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Poor women are half as likely to get breast cancer screening compared with women with more resources -- and those living in rural areas are about a third as likely to get screened compared with their urban counterparts, according to a study published online March 9 in JAMA Network Open.

March 9, 2020

ScreenPoint gets FDA nod for Transpara 3D

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to ScreenPoint Medical for its Transpara 1.6.0 artificial intelligence clinical decision-support system for 2D mammography and 3D mammography, also known as digital breast tomosynthesis.

March 8, 2020

AI + radiologist offers highest mammography accuracy

By Kate Madden Yee

The combination of multiple artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms working alongside a human reader showed the best performance for interpreting screening mammograms in a new study, published online March 2 in JAMA Network Open.

March 5, 2020

Breast imagers cite high rates of burnout

By Kate Madden Yee

Burnout is high among breast imaging radiologists -- particularly among younger physicians, who report a burnout rate of more than 80%, according to a study published online February 28 in the Journal of Breast Imaging.

March 5, 2020

NIH awards $4.5M grant for AI, mammo

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software firm DeepHealth, the University of Washington, and the University of California, Los Angeles have received a $4.5 million research grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to bring AI to mammography.

March 4, 2020

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