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AI's impact on false-positive mammograms, breast cancer screening performance

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AI software based on deep-learning algorithms is showing promise, however, for helping to improve specificity in screening mammography and other breast imaging modalities. million mammograms were performed in the U.S. Although mammogram is the most widely used screening modality, a known problem is that 9.5% Just over 40.5

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Education Organization, DenseBreast-info.org, Announces Second Annual #WorldDenseBreastDay

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Other countries are following suit, and the European Society of Breast Imaging is now recommending that European women also be informed about their breast density. The 2022 event engaged participants in 37 countries with over 8.6 Many women with dense breasts would benefit from additional screening after their mammogram.

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Image perception: Are radiologists akin to MLB batters?

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A radiologist’s perception when viewing a complex MR image may be akin to a Major League Baseball (MLB) batter reading the stitches on a fastball, according to researchers exploring exactly how diagnostic interpretations are made. The Perception Lab is a "pop-up" version of an academic research lab focused on medical image perception.

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Curved breast compression paddle lessens pain but also image quality

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Curve-shaped breast compression paddles may lead to some pain relief, but they also reduce image quality on mammograms, suggest findings published August 20 in Radiology. But the paddles also decreased image contrast and the visibility of structures. who were screened at three sites in the Netherlands.

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AI Detects More Breast Cancers with Fewer False Positives, Reports Retrospective Denmark Study

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Population-based screening with mammography reduces breast cancer mortality, but it places a substantial workload on radiologists who must read a large number of mammograms, the majority of which don’t warrant a recall of the patient,” Dr. Lauritzen said. All women who underwent mammographic screening were followed for at least 180 days.

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Study on breast density notification narratives draws mixed reaction

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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. Kerlikowske has studied breast density on imaging. The law goes into effect September 10, 2024. “The

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Uniting for health equity: Addressing breast cancer disparities

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5 This incident rate of triple-negative is particularly concerning in light of the fact that Black women are also given fewer digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3D, mammograms than other racial and ethnic groups, 6-7 even though DBT is better able to detect aggressive cancers, especially when complemented with mammographic AI software.

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