Womens Imaging: Page 79

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Amerigo Allegretto

January 18, 2022

Ultrasound fetal monitoring takes time for maternity nurses

By Amerigo Allegretto

Using ultrasound to monitor fetal heart rates can take up a lot of time for labor and delivery nurses, according to research published January 13 in Nursing for Women's Health.

January 13, 2022

Time of day may increase odds of DBT recalls

By Amerigo Allegretto

Fatigue endured by less-experienced radiologists later in the day may lead to more recalls in breast imaging when reading digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images, according to research published January 11 in Radiology.

January 11, 2022

Hologic posts mixed preliminary Q1 2022 fiscal results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Hologic posted mixed preliminary financial results for the first quarter of its fiscal 2022 as increases in its diagnostic business due to COVID-19 slowed. The company posted increased revenue in its Breast and Skeletal Health businesses, however.

January 9, 2022

Ultrasound best in margin assessment for breast surgery

By Amerigo Allegretto

Diagnostic ultrasound outperforms other imaging methods when it comes to assessing margins of cancers being excised during breast-conserving surgery, according to research published January 4 in Academic Radiology.

January 6, 2022

Ultrasound jostles for bigger role in screening dense breasts

By Emily Hayes

With a national reporting standard for breast density across the U.S. on the near horizon, ultrasound is poised to play a greater role as an adjunct to mammography in screening, along with other imaging modalities.

January 6, 2022

AI helps predict which DCIS patients need to be upstaged

By Amerigo Allegretto

Machine-learning models could help predict which patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) should be upstaged by using radiomic features from mammograms, according to research published January 4 in Radiology.

January 5, 2022

Should breast ultrasound scans after COVID vaccines be postponed?

By Amerigo Allegretto

When using ultrasound to follow up on suspicious breast masses in patients who just got a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, it may be wise to postpone scans to between 12 and 16 weeks to reduce unnecessary biopsies, according to research published December 22 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

January 5, 2022

Adding breast density to Tyrer-Cuzick influences risk assessment

By Amerigo Allegretto

Younger, premenopausal women's estimated breast cancer risk is influenced by adding mammographic density to the Tyrer-Cuzick risk model, according to research shared at the recent RSNA meeting.

January 3, 2022

Are women at higher breast cancer risk getting supplemental MRI?

By Kate Madden Yee

Women at higher risk for breast cancer who are recommended for supplemental MRI screening may not be getting it, according to a research poster presented at the recent RSNA 2021 meeting.

January 2, 2022

Subharmonic ultrasound better with contrast flow in breast masses

By Amerigo Allegretto

3D subharmonic ultrasound is better at detecting contrast flow in vascular breast masses than 3D harmonic ultrasound, according to research presented by Flemming Forsberg, PhD, at the RSNA 2021 annual meeting.

January 2, 2022

High breast density, BMI interact to increase breast cancer risk

By Amerigo Allegretto

The combination of high breast density and high body mass index (BMI) increase breast cancer risk, with a stronger association found among postmenopausal women, according to research published December 23 in JAMA Network Open.

December 23, 2021

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