Mammography

Mammography is a breast imaging technique that uses X-rays to diagnose and locate tumors of the breasts.

Simulation finds starting at age 30 with MRI and mammography to be the preferred strategy; starting at 25 prevented marginally more deaths, but with more testing and emotional stress
News | Breast Imaging
When and How to Monitor for Breast Cancer After Childhood Chest Radiation

July 9, 2020 — Chest radiation is used to treat children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as lung ...

Time July 09, 2020
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Advanced Radiation Therapy has completed the first AccuBoost Digital installation at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH). This state-of-the-art platform leverages the superior resolution of digital mammography in the delivery of breast radiation therapy.
News | Breast Imaging
First AccuBoost Digital Installation for Radiation Treatment of Breast Cancer

July 6, 2020 — Advanced Radiation Therapy has completed the first AccuBoost Digital installation at Rhode Island ...

Time July 06, 2020
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VolparaEnterprise data analysis shows mammography screening volumes are quickly increasing
News | Mammography
Volpara Solutions Helps Customers Resume Breast Screening Operations Amid COVID-19

June 9, 2020 — More than 75 percent of hospitals and imaging centers that perform mammography across the United States ...

Time June 09, 2020
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In new QuickPoLL survey on imaging during the pandemic, responses were tallied from around 170 radiology administrators and business managers, who are part of an imagePRO panel created by The MarkeTech Group (TMTG), regarding the effects of COVID-19 on their business. TMTG is a research firm specializing in the medical device, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Insight on the Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Imaging

The true impact that COVID-19 has had on the medical imaging industry still remains to be seen, as hospitals and imaging ...

Time June 30, 2020
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AI has the potential to help radiologists improve the efficiency and effectiveness of breast cancer imaging
Feature | Breast Imaging | By January Lopez, M.D.
The Exciting Future of AI and Mammography - and Physicians

Headlines around the world the past several months declared that artificial intelligence (AI) is better at detecting ...

Time May 28, 2020
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Phone call and linkage-to-care-based intervention increases mammography uptake among primary care patients at an urban safety-net hospital
News | Mammography
Simple Patient Outreach and Scheduling Assistance Significantly Boosts Mammography Uptake at Urban Safety-Net Hospital

May 22, 2020 — Telephone outreach coupled with scheduling assistance significantly increased screening mammography set ...

Time May 22, 2020
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Volpara sponsoring free virtual CME course and other resources to help during pandemic response
News | Breast Imaging
Volpara Solutions Collaborating with DetectED-X to Make COVID-19 Diagnostic Training Modules Available to Radiologists

April 7 2020 — Volpara Solutions announced it is collaborating with DetectED-X, an online radiology training and ...

Time April 07, 2020
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Breast density is divided into four categories, from lowest to highest amounts of fibroglandular tissue composition. Category A: Almost entirely fatty (least amount of fibroglandular tissue). Category B: Scattered fibroglandular tissue. Category C: Heterogeneously dense. Category D: Extremely dense (most amount of fibroglandular tissue).
Feature | Breast Density | By Dayna Williams M.D., Shivani Chaudhry, M.D., and Laurie R. Margolies, M.D.
Breast Density Explained

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and, for women in their forties, the leading cause of premature death ...

Time April 03, 2020
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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2
News | Mammography
MQSA Inspection Information Related to COVID-19

March 25, 2020 — The Division of Mammography Quality Standards (DMQS) has received numerous inquiries regarding COVID-19 ...

Time March 25, 2020
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The study concludes that a combination of Artificial Intelligence algorithms and the interpretations of radiologists could, in the U.S. alone, result in a half million women not having to undergo unnecessary diagnostic tests every year
News | Mammography
Artificial Intelligence to Improve the Precision of Mammograms

March 7, 2020 — The study is based on the results obtained in the Digital Mammography (DM) DREAM Challenge, an ...

Time March 07, 2020
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Christopher Comstock, M.D., ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group study published in JAMA builds evidence for use of abbreviated MRI in women with dense breasts
News | Breast Imaging
Abbreviated MRI Outperforms 3-D Mammograms at Finding Cancer in Dense Breasts

February 26, 2020 — According to a study published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...

Time February 26, 2020
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Women 75-plus May Not Benefit from Breast Cancer Screening
News | Mammography
Women 75-plus May Not Benefit from Breast Cancer Screening

February 25, 2020 — According to newly published research in an article titled Continuation of Annual Screening ...

Time February 25, 2020
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Mammograms of a 49-year-old woman with invasive lobular carcinoma on the right-side breast
News | Artificial Intelligence
AI-assisted Radiologists Can Detect More Breast Cancer with Reduced False-positive Recall

February 11, 2020 — A new study, published in Lancet Digital Health, shows the added value of AI-aided breast cancer ...

Time February 11, 2020
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Advances in Mammography, Breast imaging.
Feature | Breast Imaging | By Barbara Smith
Technologies to Watch in Breast Imaging

Women in the United States have a 1 in 8 (or about 13 percent) lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer ...

Time February 03, 2020
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Mammogram showing dense breast tissue
News | Breast Imaging
University of Chicago Offers Mammosphere from Life Image to Support WISDOM Study Participants, Improve Research

January 29, 2020 — Life Image announced that it will provide Mammosphere, a breast health data access tool, to the ...

Time January 29, 2020
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Sponsored Content | Videos | Mammography
itnTV "Conversations:" Latest Advancements in Fujifilm 3-D Mammography

Imaging Technology News Contributing Editor Greg Freiherr interviewed Henry Izawa, vice president of modality solutions ...

Time January 24, 2020
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Videos | MRI Breast
VIDEO: Use of Breast MRI Improved Cancer Detection in Dense Breasts in Dutch Study

Gillian Newstead, M.D., director of global breast imaging and former professor at the University of Chicago, explains a ...

Time December 26, 2019
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A new market report focuses on breast imaging devices, paying special attention to their recent emergence
News | Breast Imaging
Global Breast Imaging Device Market Forecast

December 17, 2019 — The "Breast Imaging Device Market Size, Outlook and Growth Opportunities, 2019- 2025" report is now ...

Time December 17, 2019
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Researchers recently conducted the largest population-based long-term retrospective analysis of non-cancer causes of death among patients with breast cancer
News | Clinical Trials
Study Examines Causes of Death in U.S. Breast Cancer Survivors

December 16, 2019 — Survival rates for patients with breast cancer have improved significantly in the last four decades ...

Time December 17, 2019
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#RSNA19 GE Healthcare introduced Serena Bright, the healthcare industry’s first contrast-enhanced mammography solution for biopsy
News | Mammography
GE Healthcare Unveils Novel Contrast-enhanced Mammography Solution for Biopsy

November 30, 2019 — To help empower clinicians and patients in their fight against breast cancer, GE Healthcare ...

Time November 30, 2019
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