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AI helps select patients for supplemental breast cancer screening

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In testing, the score outperformed traditional mammographic density measurements in flagging patients for supplemental breast imaging following a negative screening mammogram. In conclusion, AISmartDensity effectively identified patients who were likely to benefit from supplemental imaging after a negative screening mammogram,” they wrote.

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AI can be used to 'rule-out' breast cancer on mammography

AuntMinnie

A deep-learning algorithm can rule out the presence of breast cancer on screening mammograms, improving specificity and yielding significant workflow and downstream savings, according to research published April 10 in Radiology. dataset 1: 143,593 mammograms interpreted by 11 breast radiologists from 2008 to 2017 U.S.

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Can customized reader pairing boost mammo double reading performance?

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Gommers and colleagues sought to discover whether radiologist performance characteristics can be used to determine the best pairs of radiologists to double read screening mammograms. In total, the team included data from 3,592,414 mammography exams.

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Study Shows DBT More Effective Detecting Breast Cancer

Imaging Technology

The data also suggests that 3D mammograms could reduce the incidence of advanced cancer diagnoses. Researchers analyzed 1,407 breast cancer cases detected from August 2008 to July 2021, including 35,544 DM screenings and 237,394 DBT screenings. YSM radiologists at Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) adopted the new DBT technology in 2011.

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Editorial criticizes breast screening guidelines, ACR responds

AuntMinnie

He was also a task force member from 2003 to 2008 and was present at USPSTF meetings which led to updated breast cancer screening recommendations in 2002 and 2009. Anxiety from an inconclusive mammogram result or false positive is brief, with no lasting health effects.

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