Womens Imaging: Page 64

Homegrown ultrasound phantom puts kitchen ingredients to use

By Amerigo Allegretto

Corn flour, gelatin, olives, and raisins. Mix these and other ingredients together and you have yourself a nice ultrasound phantom model, at least according to research published July 28 in the British Journal of Radiology.

August 4, 2022

Metallic markers produce diverse range of artifacts in breast MRI

By Philip Ward

Radiologists must be aware that metallic markers are responsible for artifacts in breast MRI exams, according to Swiss researchers. These artifacts can be of different types and sizes, depending on the MRI sequence, magnetic field, and marker type, they say.

August 3, 2022

Ultrafast DCE-MRI helps predict breast cancer treatment response

By Amerigo Allegretto

Breast MRI with an ultrafast dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) protocol can help predict complete pathologic response to breast cancer treatment, a French study published July 26 in Radiology found.

July 31, 2022

How should architectural distortions on DBT be managed?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is a powerful technology that can reveal more suspicious findings than conventional mammography, such as architectural distortions of breast tissue. But what's the best way to manage these findings?

July 28, 2022

Risk scores can help assessment of dense breast tissue

By Amerigo Allegretto

Breast density continues to be a challenge for breast radiologists, but recent research sheds new light on how breast imagers can refine cancer risk estimates for women with dense breast tissue.

July 27, 2022

Hologic Q3 sales fall due to chip shortages, drop in COVID tests

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hologic saw revenues decline in the company's third quarter due to supply chain shortages of semiconductor chips for its breast imaging systems, as well as a decline in diagnostic assays for COVID-19.

July 26, 2022

NCCN updates guidelines on breast cancer screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has published new patient guidelines for breast cancer screening. The new guidelines reinforce the group's previous guidance that breast screening start at age 40.

July 26, 2022

Mammography self-compression yields similar image quality

By Amerigo Allegretto

Mammograms performed with women compressing their own breasts have comparable image quality and with significantly stronger breast compression, suggests an Italian study published July 22 in European Radiology.

July 26, 2022

Is abbreviated MRI useful for women at average breast cancer risk?

By Kate Madden Yee

Abbreviated breast MRI may expand access to a sensitive screening exam to more women, but for those at average risk of cancer its harms appear to outweigh its benefits, according to a study published July 20 in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

July 26, 2022

QT Imaging touts study results for QTscan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

QT Imaging is touting data from a recent study showing its QTscan ultrasound technology is noninferior to full-field digital mammography.

July 21, 2022

Most older breast cancer survivors still receive annual mammograms

By Amerigo Allegretto

Most older breast cancer survivors still undergo annual mammograms with enthusiasm, even though the exams may be of little value, a study published July 16 in the Journal of Geriatric Oncology found.

July 21, 2022

Study confirms accuracy of molecular breast imaging lexicon

By Amerigo Allegretto

A lexicon used to describe findings on molecular breast imaging exams does a good job of predicting the malignancy of lesions, suggests a study published July 20 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 20, 2022

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