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Pandemic prompted an increase in negative mammograms

AuntMinnie

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted an increase in the rates of negative mammograms in both screening and diagnostic settings, a study published November 14 in the Journal of Radiology Nursing found. They also found a decrease in the proportion of negative diagnostic mammograms.

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Annual Mammogram | Get Back on Track

Capitol Imaging Services

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 created a “perfect storm” for undetected breast cancer. A combination of canceled elective screenings and procedures, staff and PPE shortages, office closures, and personal health concerns all contributed to a decline in the number of routine mammograms provided for at-risk women.

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The Importance of Utilizing the Latest Mammogram/DEXA Technology in Your Hospital or Practice

Associates in Medical Imaging

National initiatives are in place to urge women everywhere to get regular screenings, but there are some real disparities that exist when it comes to who is getting mammograms and how often. This results in significant barriers to diagnostic access for those who have reached an age where screening is essential to ongoing health.

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AuntMinnie 2021: COVID-19 vaccine affects imaging results, researchers warn

AuntMinnie

Mortazavi and colleagues evaluated data from 23 women who presented with axillary adenopathy on mammography, breast ultrasound, or breast MRI after being vaccinated for COVID-19 between December 2020 and February 2021. Ultrasound from diagnostic work-up performed seven days later showed no change in lymph node size.

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RadNet testing three retail in-store breast cancer screening operations

AuntMinnie

RadNet acquired DeepHealth in 2020. Saige-Dx is intended to be used on women 35 years old and older, and it is not intended to replace a physician's own review of a mammogram. The EBCD program was launched first in RadNet's New York and Delaware Imaging networks. Then, in 2022, the U.S.

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QT Imaging Announces Second Blinded Screening Trial Finding Its Technology Similarly Effective as Digital Breast Tomosynthesis

Imaging Technology

a medical device company engaged in research, development, and commercialization of innovative body imaging systems, announced positive data regarding the diagnostic performance of QTI’s Breast Acoustic CT Scans for mass detection from its second blinded multi-reader multi-case study.

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American College of Radiology (ACR) Leader Delivers Testimony in Support of NIH Funding, Highlights Examples of Radiology and Imaging Advancements

Imaging Technology

On behalf of ACR — representing more than 41,000 diagnostic radiologists, interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, nuclear medicine physicians and medical physicists, he urged the Subcommittee to provide at least $50.9 billion to the NIH for fiscal year (FY) 2024, an increase of $3.5