Mammography

CAD with chest X-ray to screen for lung cancer may reveal abnormalities, but more study is required.

The ACR and SBI took issue with a recent study on the long-term mental anguish caused by false-positives from mammograms.

CAD may help highlight nodules the clinician may have otherwise missed, but its use is not without legal ramifications. What do you think? Take this survey.

The tides are turning for breast imagers. After several years of declining demand and facility closures, the market is rebounding and more growth is expected.

The man meets machine era is here, and harnessing the power of the machine-man interaction will be key to effective implementation of CAD. So get ready.

Philips received FDA 510(k) clearance for MicroDose SI, a full-field digital mammography system that enables future Single-Shot Spectral Imaging applications.

Breast density can be accurately scored with images obtained through either digital mammography or film-screen mammography.

Mammograms every two years are just as beneficial to women over 65 as are annual exams - and may reduce false positives.

Early breast tomosynthesis adopter Washington Radiology Associates increased cancer detection by one-third, decreased call-backs, and improved provider confidence.

Bilateral dual-energy contrast agent-enhanced digital mammography is as effective as MRI in detecting known primary breast tumors.

CHICAGO - Breast cancer risk estimates increase with frequent CT scans, particularly among younger patients, researchers found.

Three-dimensional imaging with breast tomosynthesis increases diagnostic accuracy and reduces false positive recall rates.

Stereoscopic digital mammography, a new 3D technique, significantly improves the accuracy of breast cancer detection in high-risk women.

Digital mammography is better for detecting life-threatening breast cancers than is screen film mammography, without increasing overdiagnosis.

Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to digital mammography significantly increases the accuracy of the mammography, compared with full-field digital mammo.

GE Healthcare and RadNet have partnered to identify the most efficient, cost-effective approaches for breast cancer detection.

Breast cancer mortality can drop significantly among women who undergo screening.

Women with mutations to the BRCA1/2 genes who undergo diagnostic chest radiation before age 30 are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer.

Breast Imaging and Reporting Data Systems terminology is useful in predicting malignancy in breast lesions that are detected by MRI.

The non-radiation based imaging modality is not a reliable breast cancer screening tool and mammography should remain the standard of care.

Preoperative MRIs should be done on all newly diagnosed breast cancer patients, regardless of breast density.

Digital breast tomosynthesis plus mammography provides a 40 percent reduction in patient recalls, reducing anxiety and potentially cutting cost and overall radiation dose.

Radiation doses from digital breast tomosynthesis is comparable to and could be lower than conventional two-view full-field digital mammography.

Giotto USA will be demonstrating at RSNA 2011 its 3D and 3DL digital mammography systems, which recently received FDA 510(k) clearance.

Philips will highlight its newly released MicroDose Mammography System at RSNA 2011. The Philips unit will go head to head with other new entries in the mammography space including Hologic’s 3-D breast tomosynthesis product, Selenia® Dimensions, whole breast ultrasound from U-Systems, Dilon’s 6800 MBI scanner, and GE’s Discovery MB750b, a molecular breast imaging system.

Calling the results flawed, many in the radiology community are protesting a study released last week that suggested mammography hasn’t played a major role in the drop in breast cancer-related deaths.

Thermography not a replacement for mammography

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Breast imaging has gone 3-D. The FDA announced today the approval of Hologic Inc.’s Selenia Dimensions System, the first X-ray mammography device that provides 3-D images for breast cancer screening and diagnosis.

A 34-year-old Hispanic woman presented to her primary-care physician with a palpable left breast mass in June of 2009. She first noticed the mass 15 years prior, but never sought medical care.