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Study questions value of supplemental breast ultrasound

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast ultrasound has become one of the go-to modalities as a supplemental breast cancer screening tool in women with dense tissue. But does it truly improve screening performance in this population? A new study published online March 18 in JAMA Internal Medicine is questioning the value of supplemental breast ultrasound.

March 18, 2019

Fujifilm launches mammography software tools

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has launched three new image processing software tools for its Aspire Cristalle digital mammography system.

March 17, 2019

Out-of-pocket costs keep women from mammo follow-up

By Kate Madden Yee

U.S. women who have a suspicious finding from a screening mammogram are delaying -- or even skipping altogether -- needed diagnostic exams because of high out-of-pocket costs, according to a study by the Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization.

March 14, 2019

AI may help women with ductal hyperplasia avoid surgery

By Kate Madden Yee

New York City researchers found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that analyzed mammography data was able to help determine which patients with pure atypical ductal hyperplasia may safely be monitored with imaging rather than proceed to surgical excision, according to a study published online March 12 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

March 14, 2019

AI can reduce mammography screening's workload

By Kate Madden Yee

Artificial intelligence (AI) could effectively reduce the workload involved in reading mammography screening exams by eliminating studies most likely to be normal from the radiologist's worklist, according to a presentation delivered at ECR 2019 in Vienna.

March 13, 2019

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

March 12, 2019

MagView wins contract in British Columbia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mammography information systems developer MagView said it will provide its MagView software package to BC Cancer Breast Screening, a provincial program that provides screening mammograms for 275,000 women annually in British Columbia.

March 12, 2019

New MRI coil vest may improve breast cancer screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Austria are developing a vest embedded with radiofrequency coils that would allow patients to lie face up during a breast MRI exam -- potentially improving the comfort and accuracy of breast cancer screening.

March 11, 2019

Mammo AI software yields workflow, economic benefits

By Erik L. Ridley

A computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm based on artificial intelligence (AI) proved to be better than traditional CAD in helping radiologists detect breast cancer. The AI-based CAD could also improve efficiency and increase revenues, according to research presented at ECR 2019 in Vienna.

March 11, 2019

JNCI: Breast screening AI software equals radiologists

By Erik L. Ridley

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based software can detect cancer on screening mammography studies as accurately as an average breast radiologist, according to research published online March 5 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). But it could not beat the best radiologists in the study.

March 6, 2019

SD passes dense breast notification law

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South Dakota has become the 37th state to mandate that women be told of their dense breast condition and the associated risks.

March 5, 2019

Dedicated breast CT shows promise for cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

A dedicated breast CT scanner that features a photon-counting detector produces high-quality images at a low radiation dose. The findings indicate that the CT scanner could be a useful tool for breast cancer screening, according to a study published online March 2 in Investigative Radiology.

March 5, 2019

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