2018 Mammogram Ultrasound 
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 16, 2024
Previous studies have demonstrated that dense breast tissue masks breast cancers on mammography, and that supplemental imaging such as ultrasound and MRI confirms suspicious findings within dense tissue. Radiologists have studied and continue to research how breast density plays into breast cancer risk. The study can be found here.
J Gershon Breast Imaging
MARCH 11, 2023
Every woman in the United States who has a mammogram will be notified of her breast density, enabling her to be proactive in obtaining additional imaging to evaluate her breast tissue. Nancy passed away from complications of her breast cancer treatments in 2018. culminate in the new FDA reporting legislation.
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Radiology Cafe
FEBRUARY 5, 2019
The theoretical basis for ultrasound physics has been around since 1794, but it wasn’t until 1942, when Dr Karl Theodore Dussik in Austria transmitted an ultrasound beam through a human skull to view the brain, that ultrasound was first used in medicine. (13) This was a defining publication in the field of medical ultrasound. (14)
Imaging Technology
MAY 5, 2023
For some patients, tissues can overlap potentially hiding signs of breast cancer; in other cases, the tissue and cancer can show up as white on a mammogram making diagnosis more difficult. Combined screening with mammography and ultrasound in a population-based screening program. Available at: [link]. Eur J Radiol.
AuntMinnie
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Harris was a member of the RTI International–University of North Carolina Evidence-based Practice Center, where he conducted systematic reviews for the USPSTF from 1997 to 2018. Anxiety from an inconclusive mammogram result or false positive is brief, with no lasting health effects.
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