AuntMinnie

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The findings offer another way to foster breast cancer early detection, improve patient survival rates across different populations, and reduce disparity in survival rates, said study lead author Leslie Lamb, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston in a statement. “In Image and caption courtesy of RSNA.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 8, 2025

A team led by Su Min Ha, MD, PhD, from Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea reported that AI by itself achieved a higher performance than radiologists with no AI help when it came to detecting contralateral breast cancer in women treated with unilateral mastectomy. years after right mastectomy. (A)

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Vesta Teleradiology

JANUARY 8, 2025

For communities in Illinois and Ohio, where many rural hospitals and outpatient centers serve as lifelines, ensuring timely and accurate radiological services is crucial. By reducing overhead costs associated with maintaining in-house radiologists, rural hospitals can ensure uninterrupted imaging services without compromising care quality.

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

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

VIENNA -- Repurposed AI imaging tools can improve breast malignancy detection across diverse patient groups, suggest study findings presented February 27 at ECR 2025. She added that this kind of research could also evaluate AIs role in diagnostic breast imaging settings.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 9, 2024

An AI-based method can outperform models based just on breast density analysis for identifying patients who would benefit from supplemental imaging, according to research published April 9 in Radiology. What’s more, the AI score could potentially have saved more than twice the number of years of life than relying on density measurements. “In

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This included both an underserved safety-net hospital and a National Cancer Institute-designated academic cancer center. Of the total, 255 (76%) women with access to city-funded screening mammography completed a screening mammogram.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This study, conducted at Capio S:t Göran Hospital in Sweden, reinforces the real-world impact of Lunit INSIGHT MMG, which has successfully replaced one of the two human readers in the hospital’s double-reading breast cancer screening protocol. Previously, the waiting time for a clinical mammogram was five to six weeks.

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AuntMinnie

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some factors tied to first breast cancers can have a negative impact on screening mammography's ability to find future cancers, according to research published October 5 in Clinical Imaging. Also, mammogram-occult primary breast cancer is the most important risk factor for a contralateral mammogram-occult second breast cancer, the team found.

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AuntMinnie

MAY 21, 2024

Images of a 39-year-old woman shows a grade 2 invasive ductal carcinoma on mammography, confirmed by supplementary ultrasound. Consideration is needed for breast cancer screening in women younger than 40 years, according to research presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) annual meeting.

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AuntMinnie

APRIL 1, 2024

Levent Çelik, MD, from Maltepe University Hospital and Erkin Aribal, MD, from Acibadem University, both in Istanbul, Turkey, found that when AI was implemented into breast cancer screening in a middle-income country, it achieved high sensitivity and specificity in detecting interval cancers that were initially labeled as BI-RADS 1 or 2.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 22, 2023

milla1cf Mon, 05/22/2023 - 13:25 May 22, 2023 — Incorrect advice by an AI-based decision support system could seriously impair the performance of radiologists at every level of expertise when reading mammograms, according to a new study published in Radiology , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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AuntMinnie

JANUARY 8, 2024

A commercial AI system achieved high marks as a first reader in double-reader settings for breast cancer screening, a Danish study published December 20 in Cancer Imaging found. The team included data from 257,671 screening mammograms performed between 2014 and 2018.

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 29, 2024

The reduction for the bilateral mammogram 77066 was 1.36%, reflecting an increase in RVU valuation that somewhat offsets the conversion factor cut. For example, an imaging center with all the listed modalities except for PET would see a decrease of 2.6% Overall, the professional component reimbursement is estimated to decrease 2.7%

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AuntMinnie

MARCH 11, 2025

The following radiologists and their research projects are this years awardees: Shadi Ebrahimian, MD, of Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut is receiving a Resident/Fellow in Radiology Executive Council Award for Evaluating AI Performance in Large Vessel Occlusion Detection: Impact on Time-to-Thrombectomy and Clinical Workflow Efficiency.

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Associates in Medical Imaging

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

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. Increasing access to mammography in your hospital/practice can contribute to reducing geographic disparities in mammography screening.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Women's imaging specialist and study author Sarah Friedewald, MD, from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Feinberg School of Medicine, will share how the system matches pairs of regions of interest in different views. In a third study, research will show how Hologic’s deep learning-based AI algorithm can help enhance performance.

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Imaging Technology

MAY 11, 2023

milla1cf Thu, 05/11/2023 - 11:46 May 11, 2023 — According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology ( AJR ) , frequencies of imaging-apparent and palpable hematoma were not significantly different between patients temporarily discontinuing versus maintaining antithrombotic therapy (AT).

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Clermont Radiology

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Maybe you have recently moved, changed doctors, or have new insurance and now, are going to a different imaging center for your annual mammogram. Either way, the new imaging center will very often request that you provide the images from your previous mammograms. So, why are these prior images so important?

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Imaging Technology

JULY 17, 2024

inch 5-megapixel (MP) IPS diagnostic monitor designed to deliver high-definition radiological images and maintains consistent image quality through its internal front calibration sensor and calibration software. LG’s expanded lineup of diagnostic monitors covers the major display needs of large hospitals.

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Capitol Imaging Services

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Capitol Imaging Services has served tens of thousands of women with our women’s health examinations in screening mammography, diagnostic mammography, ultrasound, bone density studies, breast MRI and breast biopsy. For screening mammograms, we ask for about 20 minutes of a woman’s time. Convenient.

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Imaging Technology

JUNE 4, 2024

a post-doctoral student at the University of Copenhagen and researcher at Gentofte Hospital in Denmark who was lead author of " Early Indicators of the Impact of Using AI in Mammography Screening for Breast Cancer." The remaining mammograms were read by two radiologists (called a double-read) with AI-assisted decision support.

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Imaging Technology

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recent data from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) highlights a dramatic increase in technologist vacancy rates—from 6% three years ago to 18% in 2024 —while the number of women seeking mammograms has remained steady. Image to Image cycle time is the minimum waiting time by the System between two consecutives images.

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Vesta Teleradiology

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In 2025, AI tools are more refined than ever, assisting radiologists with cancer detection, anomaly identification, and image interpretation. Advanced algorithms can now process vast amounts of imaging data faster than ever, reducing turnaround times and enhancing patient outcomes. Read more about AI advancements in radiology here.

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Associates in Medical Imaging

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Other chores and to-do list items were largely eliminated, and that included visits to doctors and hospitals for anything other than emergency care. For example, a health care group in Washington State reported roughly half the number of mammograms were completed in 2020 as compared to 2019.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 5, 2023

milla1cf Wed, 07/05/2023 - 19:42 uly 5, 2023 — A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham has found that artificial intelligence ( AI ) language models like ChatGPT can accurately identify appropriate imaging services for two important clinical presentations: breast cancer screening and breast pain. ChatGPT 4 outperformed 3.5,

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Imaging Technology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The studies conducted by researchers at the Cancer Registry of Norway and Odense University Hospital in Denmark demonstrate the technology's potential to significantly improve breast cancer screening programs. tim.hodson Wed, 10/23/2024 - 14:18 Oct. across the three screening rounds for screen-detected cancer.

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AuntMinnie

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Health equity training can help future radiologists better understand diverse patient needs, according to results published February 8 in Clinical Imaging. Imaging leaders have emphasized the need to recognize barriers patients and radiologists face to provide equitable access and quality care.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/23/2024 - 10:22 February 23, 2024 — The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) launched its "Be Seen" campaign today to raise public awareness about the crucial role medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in patient diagnosis, intervention and treatment.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 29, 2024

Satisfied with the performance and added value, two radiologists now read each mammogram while referring to Lunit INSIGHT MMG's results, improving accuracy and efficiency in the screening process. The implementation follows a successful retrospective validation phase that began in March 2023.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Building upon these findings, earlier this year, Lunit forged a pioneering partnership with Capio S:t Göran Hospital , Sweden's largest private hospital and a part of the Ramsay Santé group. Our collaboration with Capio S:t Göran Hospital is pivotal in addressing the radiologist shortage and revolutionizing mammography analysis.

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Imaging Technology

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To "teach" their AI model what positive and negative margins look like, researchers used hundreds of these specimen mammogram images, matched with the final specimen reports from pathologists. To help their model, the researchers also gathered demographic data from patients, such as age, race, tumor type, and tumor size.

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Imaging Technology

JANUARY 10, 2025

8, 2025 ScreenPoint Medical has acquiredf Biomediq A/S, a research-based company focused on the research, development and implementation of quantitative imaging biomarkers. The breast cancer risk analysis technology from Biomediq enables automatic, computer-based analysis of 2D and 3D mammograms for analysis of future risk of breast cancer.

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Imaging Technology

JULY 28, 2023

This AJR accepted manuscript included 1,325 women (mean age, 53 years) with dense breasts who underwent both screening mammography and supplementary breast US within a 1-month interval from January 2017 to December 2017; prior mammogram and US were available to compare in 91.2% and 91.8%, respectively.

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Imaging Technology

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/09/2024 - 09:00 February 9, 2024 — An innovative breast imaging technique provides high sensitivity for detecting cancer while significantly reducing the likelihood of false positive results, according to a study published today in Radiology: Imaging Cancer , a journal of the Radiological Society of North America ( RSNA ).

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Northwest Radiology

JUNE 14, 2023

The new NWR Breast Center offers women faster and more affordable breast imaging services when compared to a hospital setting. Northwest Radiology Executive Director and CFO Linda Wilgus and patient Sharry Hemingway talk with WISH-TV about the importance of regular mammograms amid the updated national guidelines from the U.S.

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Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg

MAY 6, 2020

As we are turning the corner in the Fredericksburg region from COVID-19, Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg is pleased to resume scheduled appointments at all six of our locations. On May 4th, Medical Imaging of Fredericksburg will reopen all of its facilities for scheduled appointments. If they don’t have a mask, one will be provided.

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