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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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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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ChatGPT demonstrates mixed results in assigning BI-RADS categories

AuntMinnie

ChatGPT demonstrates modest accuracy when assigning BI-RADS scores for mammograms and breast ultrasound exams, according to research published October 30 in Clinical Imaging. They can also correctly determine BI-RADS categories based on textual imaging reports, according to an earlier 2024 study. and 0.68, respectively.

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CEM improves breast cancer detection rate over low-energy mammography

AuntMinnie

A team led by Joao Horvat, MD, from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York found that CEM depicted 90% of breast cancers compared with 10% on low-energy mammograms alone and 50% on low-energymammogramswith whole-breast ultrasound. and low-energy mammography supplemented by ultrasound had a PPV of 27.8%.

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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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First breast cancer factors impact mammo's ability to find future ones

AuntMinnie

A team led by Julie Hamzah, MBBS, from Singapore General Hospital, found that symptomatic first breast cancers, dense breasts, and the presence of trabecular thickening on mammography are tied to mammogram detection failure of ipsilateral second breast cancers.

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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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