Womens Imaging: Page 76

Ultrasound finds no links between COVID vaccine, birth defects

By Amerigo Allegretto

Expecting parents can rejoice, as ultrasound found no links between the COVID-19 vaccines and birth defects during early pregnancy, according to research published April 4 in JAMA Pediatrics.

April 3, 2022

COVID-19 took toll on minority women's mammography screening uptake

By Kate Madden Yee

The COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on mammography screening volumes among women of color, slashing exam uptake by more than 50% between 2019 and 2020, according to research published March 30 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

April 3, 2022

Ultrasound's accuracy can help with breast cancer treatment decisions

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound is more accurate for measuring the pathology size of breast tumors than mammography or MRI, according to a Canadian study published March 31 in the American Journal of Surgery.

March 31, 2022

DBT leads to fewer false-positive results than mammography

By Amerigo Allegretto

Women have nearly a 7% less chance of receiving a false-positive exam from annual digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) than conventional digital mammography after 10 years of screening, according to research published March 25 in JAMA Network Open.

March 30, 2022

Elastography methods vie for spot in breast imaging

By Amerigo Allegretto

2D shear-wave elastography can spot differences between benign and malignant breast lesions, but lags behind strain elastography, according to a study published March 28 in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

March 29, 2022

Eyewitness accounts show faults of Canadian mammo trials

By Amerigo Allegretto

The Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) trials conducted in the 1980s should not be used to inform policymakers in light of 29 eyewitness accounts, according to a review published March 29 in the Journal of Breast Imaging.

March 29, 2022

DMS Health lands Vizient mobile imaging contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DMS Health Technologies has secured a mobile imaging supply contract with group purchasing organization Vizient.

March 28, 2022

Can AI and radiologists work in harmony for double reading?

By Amerigo Allegretto

Artificial intelligence (AI) shows promise for detecting breast cancers on screening mammography when compared with double reading in a dataset of nearly 123,000 women, according to research published March 29 in Radiology.

March 28, 2022

Breast density reporting needs to be standardized

By Kate Madden Yee

Reporting of breast tissue density needs to be standardized in the U.S. so that women are apprised of their density category even if they don't have dense tissue, according to a March 24 study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

March 27, 2022

U.S. Senate passes act to promote breast screening for veterans

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Senate has passed the Making Advances in Mammography and Medical Options for Veterans Act, a bill drawn up to expand mammography screenings for disabled female veterans.

March 24, 2022

Preoperative MRI benefits women with triple-negative breast cancer

By Kate Madden Yee

Women with triple-negative breast cancer who undergo preoperative MRI before breast-conserving surgery have lower rates of disease recurrence and reexcision, according to a study published March 18 in the Annals of Surgical Oncology.

March 24, 2022

Classifying lesions on ultrasound helps predict ovarian cancer

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound can help predict ovarian cancer in women by classifying adnexal lesions via classic- or nonclassic-appearing imaging features, according to research published March 22 in Radiology.

March 22, 2022

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