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9 patient, ultrasound features linked to breast cancer
By Theresa Pablos
Nine unique patient and ultrasound features may enable breast imagers to distinguish benign from malignant complex cystic or solid breast lesions, according to research published on February 24 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.
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Patients want sensitive adjunct breast screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women with dense breast tissue want adjunct screening that is sensitive and inexpensive -- although higher sensitivity might outweigh cost, according to a study published February 28 in the Journal of Breast Imaging.
March 2, 2020
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Docs lack consistency in breast cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physicians aren't necessarily consistent when it comes to screening mammography guidelines and their actual clinical practice, according to a study published February 28 in the Journal of Breast Imaging.
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Training needed to use mammo for lung cancer awareness
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Directors of mammography screening programs are interested in raising awareness among women regarding the benefits of low-dose CT (LDCT) screening for lung cancer, but they need more training, according to a study published February 26 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
March 1, 2020
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Week in Review: MRI for Parkinson's | Breast screening older women | Coronavirus concerns continue
By Brian Casey
February 28, 2020
Ultrasound performance mixed in breast cancer survivors
By Kate Madden Yee
Supplemental screening ultrasound shows a mixed performance in women with a personal history of breast cancer, with lower sensitivity and a higher interval cancer rate. But the modality also had higher specificity, according to a study published online February 25 in Radiology.
February 26, 2020
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UW radiologist wins $4.5M NIH mammo/AI grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Christoph Lee of the University of Washington (UW) in Seattle has secured a research award for $4.5 million from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) with mammography.
February 25, 2020
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Supplemental dense breast screening practices vary
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Most breast care practices use supplemental screening in women with dense tissue, but the modalities used and the methods in which patients are referred vary widely, according to a study published online February 24 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
February 25, 2020
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Deep-learning algorithm helps assess dense breasts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have found that their deep-learning algorithm's categorization of dense breast tissue correlated to radiologist breast density assessments and also refined them, according to a study published online February 20 in Academic Radiology.
February 25, 2020
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FDA clears Emagine's mobile ultrasound platform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the VistaScan mobile ultrasound platform from startup software device firm Emagine Solutions Technology.
February 24, 2020
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Merit reports increases in revenue for Q4, 2019
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems posted increases in revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter and 2019, with notable growth in sales of its catheters and standalone devices.
February 24, 2020
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10-minute breast MRI scan beats DBT for invasive cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast MRI with an abbreviated scanning protocol -- as short as 10 minutes -- finds more invasive cancers in women with dense tissue than digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), according to a study published online February 25 in JAMA.
February 24, 2020
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