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ECR: Repurposed AI boosts breast cancer detection in diverse patient groups

AuntMinnie

In her presentation, Helen Ngo from University Hospital Freiburg in Germany talked about her teams research, which showed that this trend especially goes for mammograms of less dense breasts. The study included data from 600 women collected between 2013 and 2023.

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Consideration needed in breast cancer screening for young women

AuntMinnie

The retrospective study included data collected between 2007 and 2019 from 4,150 women in this age range who underwent 4,448 screening mammograms. Additionally, all exams performed from 2013 to 2019 included digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).

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How MHRG helped Clinic at the Mall, Uganda provide high quality and personalized patient care possible to its people

Manipal Hospitals Radiology Group

She had studied, worked and lived in the US for 21 years It was in 2013 she realized that she needs to go back home to Uganda to utilize all the skills she had learnt to further improve the health care at home in whatever small way she could. Thus, the dream of The Clinic at The Mall began.

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Unlock the advantage of time across the breast health continuum of care

The British Institute of Radiology

Almost 43% of women over 40 years old have dense breast tissue that can obscure lesions on traditional 2D mammograms, making cancers harder to detect and recalls more likely [6]. 1 Philpotts L, Kalra V, Crenshaw J, Butler R ‐ Radiological Society of North America 2013, SSK01‐09 [2] Friedewald SM, Rafferty EA, Rose SL, et al.

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AI model predicts 5-year breast cancer risk from mammogram data

AuntMinnie

An AI model developed by Duke University researchers can predict five-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, a study published March 19 in Radiology found. The study compared 210,067 mammograms from 81,824 patients in the EMory BrEast imaging Dataset (EMBED) from 2013 to 2020 using both Mirai and AsymMirai models.

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Researchers Develop Deep Learning Model to Predict Breast Cancer

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Mon, 04/01/2024 - 12:07 April 1, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new, interpretable artificial intelligence (AI) model to predict 5-year breast cancer risk from mammograms, according to a new study published today in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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The Truth About Breast Health and Current Statistics

Pure Mammography

Our facility has been established with the latest, most advanced mammogram technology to achieve accurate, timely results. Between 1990 and 2013, breast cancer deaths decreased by 34%. Women sometimes feel nervous about getting their mammograms because they worry about a positive diagnosis. A woman in her 60s has a 3.5%