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Ultrasound detects more cancers in high-risk women with dense breasts

AuntMinnie

Supplemental breast ultrasound may have utility in imaging women with dense breasts and high risk of advanced or invasive breast cancer, a study published August 6 in Radiology found. Sample images show cancer detection at supplemental ultrasound screening after screening mammography with a negative result. (A)

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Carolina Breast Imaging Specialists, PLLC Is First in Nation to Adopt Groundbreaking Imagio Breast Imaging System for Breast Cancer Diagnosis

Imaging Technology

milla1cf Tue, 08/29/2023 - 15:55 August 29, 2023 — Mammograms are an essential part of preventive healthcare, and when an initial review reveals a suspicious lesion, additional imaging and/or invasive breast biopsies could be the next step in diagnosis. to adopt the recently available Imagio Breast Imaging System.

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Low-dose PEM shows promise in breast cancer detection

AuntMinnie

Images obtained in a 50-year-old female patient with a new biopsy-proven malignant lesion in the left breast. (A) A) Craniocaudal mammogram of the right breast does not show any lesion. (B) B) The malignant lesion corresponds with a 7-cm irregular and spiculated mass on the left craniocaudal mammogram.

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

AuntMinnie

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%

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A brief history of radiology

Radiology Cafe

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)

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Barco Announces Introduction of AI Technology for Visualization of Dense Breast Tissue

Imaging Technology

Marissa Fayer concludes: “Technologies like DL Precise offer new hope for the millions of people whose dense breast tissue currently masks cancer on mammograms.” For more information: www.barco.com Find more RSNA23 conference coverage here Monday, November 27, 2023 - 14:06 If you enjoy this content, please share it with a colleague

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Breakthroughs in breast cancer screening technologies

AuntMinnie

For dense-breasted patients requiring supplemental imaging, MRI remains a valuable option that is not limited by breast density and is shown to be more sensitive than mammography at finding breast cancer. vi Investigations continue of this newer imaging modality, which has the potential to positively benefit patients with dense breasts.