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AI needs robust clinical evaluation in healthcare
By Erik L. Ridley
It's not enough for a healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to be highly accurate. To be widely adopted in clinical use, it must demonstrate improvement in quality of care and patient outcomes, according to an opinion article published online October 29 in BMC Medicine.
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Exo Imaging fills out executive lineup
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology startup Exo Imaging has added three ultrasound industry veterans to its roster.
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Carestream debuts new retrofit DR detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has unveiled Focus 35C, a retrofit digital radiography (DR) detector geared toward bringing DR technology to specialty practices and small medical practices and hospitals.
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Philips recalls gamma camera due to risk of head failure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is recalling its Forte gamma cameras due to the risk that one of the system's detector heads could become detached and injure patients, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. No injuries have been reported.
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Do payouts influence mammography guidelines?
By Kate Madden Yee
Do financial conflicts of interest influence clinical practice guidelines or society recommendations for screening mammography? Not really, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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Parenchymal enhancement on MRI linked to breast cancer risk
By Kate Madden Yee
Thursday, December 5 | 11:10 a.m.-11:20 a.m. | SSQ01-05 | Room S406BIn this award-winning session, University of Pittsburgh researchers will discuss how background parenchymal enhancement imaged by dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI provides additional diagnostic information compared with using tumor-derived radiomics data alone.
November 4, 2019
Is DBT in younger women harmful or helpful?
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 4 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | BR280-SD-WEB7 | Lakeside, BR Community, Station 7The benefits of screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) in women between the ages of 40 and 49 outweigh the harms, according to research to be shared Wednesday afternoon.
November 4, 2019
Ultrasound tomography helps characterize breast cancer
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 4 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | BR278-SD-WEB5 | Lakeside, BR Community, Station 5In this poster presentation, researchers will discuss how ultrasound tomography is a feasible and accurate tool for characterizing stiffness of breast lesions.
November 4, 2019
Trust whole-breast US for supplemental breast cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 4 | 11:50 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | SSK02-09 | Room E450AWhole-breast ultrasound performed by a technologist is an effective way to provide adjuvant screening to women with dense breast tissue, according to research to be presented on Wednesday morning.
November 4, 2019
Screening frequency key influence on recall rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 4 | 11:20 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | SSK01-06 | Room E451BIn this session, researchers will share how age and race strongly influence breast cancer screening recall rates, but screening frequency and modality have greater impact.
November 4, 2019
Does DBT find more interval cancers?
By Kate Madden Yee
Wednesday, December 4 | 10:30 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | SSK01-01 | Room E451BDigital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) finds more breast cancers on screening, but it doesn't necessarily find more interval cancers, according to Norwegian researchers.
November 4, 2019
How suitable is CESM as a breast MRI alternative?
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 3 | 10:40 a.m.-10:50 a.m. | SSG01-02 | Room S102CDAt this Tuesday morning session, German researchers will explore how suitable contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) is as an alternative to MRI for breast cancer screening.
November 4, 2019
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