Breast Imaging

The Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) was enacted to improve the quality of mammography and ensure that all women across the country can count on receiving a mammogram that meets quality standards. The MQSA program has many components, and here the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

iCAD announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of its latest artificial intelligence (AI) software solution, PowerLook Density Assessment Version 3.4. The software is compatible with iCAD’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) platform on both GE and Hologic mammography systems,...

Hologic’s new Viera portable breast ultrasound system is now available for purchase in the United States and Europe. Delivering what the company calls exceptional image quality at the point of care, the Viera wireless ultrasound scanner provides physicians with the opportunity for earlier...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a proposed order to reclassify certain radiological medical image analyzers, or computer-aided detection (CAD) devices, from class III to class II devices. This includes CAD devices for mammography breast cancer, ultrasound breast lesions...

ITN Associate Editor Jeff Zagoudis speaks with Karen Hou, M.D., breast radiologist at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Ill., about the hospital's use of new technology and innovative practices.