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New Study Finds Age and Race Impact Artificial Intelligence (AI) Performance on Digital Mammograms

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christine.book Tue, 05/21/2024 - 10:36 May 21, 2024 — According to a newly-published study of nearly 5,000 screening mammograms interpreted by an FDA-approved AI algorithm, patient characteristics such as race and age influenced false positive results. Nguyen, M.D.

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iCAD Releases Enhanced ProFound Detection Workstation Features to Streamline Mammogram Interpretation for Radiologists

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“We're excited to introduce advanced workstation features for our flagship solution, ProFound Detection, aimed at further improving and facilitating radiologists' interpretation of mammograms within their workstation,” said Dana Brown , President and CEO of iCAD. in 2016, followed by 3D V2.0 Detection in 2018, and V3.0

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AI Outperformed Standard Risk Model for Predicting Breast Cancer

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milla1cf Fri, 06/09/2023 - 08:12 June 9, 2023 — In a large study of thousands of mammograms, artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms outperformed the standard clinical risk model for predicting the five-year risk for breast cancer. Something in mammograms allows us to track breast cancer risk. This is the ‘black box’ of AI.”

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The Importance of Keeping Up With Mammograms During Covid: Don’t Delay, Schedule Your Yearly Screening

Professional Radiology

Cancer experts, however, have expressed concerns over the potential number of women who delayed breast cancer screenings and mammograms due to covid-related closures or backlogs. Let’s look at some of the recent numbers and revisit the importance of breast cancer screenings and mammograms. Why is Your Yearly Mammogram Important?

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Combining AI Models Improves Breast Cancer Risk Assessment

Imaging Technology

Using mammography-based deep learning models may improve the accuracy of breast cancer risk assessment and can also lead to earlier diagnoses. “About 1 in 10 women develop breast cancer throughout their lifetime,” said study author Andreas D. Lauritzen , Ph.D., A variety of AI tools exist to aid in detecting cancer risk.

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Study Uncovers Barriers to Mammography Screening Among Black Women

Imaging Technology

However, Black women experience barriers to screening and are more likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer at younger ages, and with advanced stage breast cancer. Only 31 percent had a documented mammogram in the EHR within the past two years. percent identified as Black/African American.

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3D Mammography Almost Halves the Incidence of Breast Cancer Between Two Screening Tests

Imaging Technology

That is, it is diagnosed after a test whose result was negative and before the next evaluation. Conversely, if the number of tumors diagnosed after screening is low, it indicates that the program is fulfilling its function: to detect this disease at an early stage. per thousand people, while in the second it was 0.93.

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