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...
Women's Health
Women's health related technology used to detect and treat breast cancer and cervical cancer, including mammography, breast MRI, ABUS, breast ultrasound, breast biopsy, and breast radiation therapy.
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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...
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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.
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Since 2009, approximately 450,000 women around age 70 in the United Kingdom did not receive final breast screening invitations due to a computer failure, according to a statement from Public Health England. The National Health Service (NHS) is now offering catch-up screening exams for up to 309,...
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A 360 degree view of an automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) exam room at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital.
News | Women's Health | July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 — A new commentary appearing in the July issue of...
Technology | Ultrasound Women's Health | July 11, 2018
July 11, 2018 — Hologic’s new Viera portable...
Jeffrey Hoffmeister, M.D.
Feature | Breast Imaging | July 05, 2018 | By Jeffrey Hoffmeister, M.D.
When women reach age 40, an annual mammogram becomes a necessary part of their healthcare ritual — regardless if...
News | Radiation Therapy | July 02, 2018
July 2, 2018 — Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have launched a...
An image of a developing mammary duct. Image courtesy of Andrew Ewald.
News | Breast Imaging | June 28, 2018
June 28, 2018 — A team of biologists has joined up with civil engineers to create what is believed to be the first 3...
News | Mammography | June 26, 2018
June 26, 2018 — Inadequate breast commission played a role in up to 38 percent of...
News | Breast Density | June 15, 2018
June 15, 2018 — A recent survey of California women found that 95 percent of respondents want the state’s...
The red outline shows the manually segmented boundary of a carcinoma, while the deep learning-predicted boundaries are shown in blue, green and cyan. Copyright 2018 Kumar et al. under Creative Commons Attribution License.
News | Ultrasound Imaging | June 12, 2018 | Tony Kontzer
June 12, 2018 — Viksit Kumar didn’t know his mother had...
Breast imaging technologies have seen a rapid evolution.
Feature | Women's Health | June 05, 2018 | By Jeff Zagoudis
Breast imaging technologies have evolved rapidly in the last two decades to help physicians detect breast cancers at...
News | Computer-Aided Detection Software | June 01, 2018
June 1, 2018 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a proposed order to reclassify certain...
News | Mammography | May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 — Breast cancer survivors are not getting the recommended level of screening post-surgery, according to...
Image courtesy of Fujifilm.
Feature | Mammography | May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 — On April 9, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that all four of its...
