Women's Health

The women’s health channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content related to technology used to detect and treat breast cancer and cervical cancer, including mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), automated breast ultrasound (ABUS), breast ultrasound, breast biopsy and breast radiation therapy.

News | Artificial Intelligence

Breast Cancer AI Company Whiterabbit Receives FDA Clearance for WRDensity

May 11, 2021 — Whiterabbit, an AI technology company focused on early breast cancer detection, today announced the ...

May 11, 2021

Videos | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

VIDEO: COVID Vaccine Adenopathy Can Last Up to 10 Weeks

Yael Eshet, M.D., MSc, a diagnostic radiology specialist at Sheba Medical Center in Israel, was the lead author on a ...

May 11, 2021

A study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Gothenburg University in Sweden has found that low levels of a protein called PDGFRb are associated with particularly good results of radiotherapy in women with early-stage breast cancer.

News | Radiation Therapy

New Marker Predicts Benefit of Radiotherapy for Early-stage Breast Cancer

May 11, 2021 —A study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Gothenburg University in Sweden has found that ...

May 11, 2021

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Webinar | Mammography

WEBINAR: Advanced Diagnostic Technology for Accurate Imaging

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the radiology community. Hospitals, doctors’ offices and clinics found ...

March 03, 2022

GE Healthcare announced the acquisition of Zionexa, a leading innovator of in-vivo oncology and neurology biomarkers that help enable more personalized healthcare. The company aims to develop and bring to market Zionexa’s pipeline biomarkers, as well as the recently FDA-approved PET imaging agent, Cerianna (fluoroestradiol F-18)

News | PET Imaging

GE Healthcare Acquires Zionexa

May 6, 2021 — GE Healthcare announced the acquisition of Zionexa, a leading innovator of in-vivo oncology and neurology ...

May 06, 2021

Molli provides breast cancer patients with a better experience over traditional wire and other lesion localization options; the new device helps surgeons remove lesions more efficiently with accuracy and specificity

News | Breast Imaging

Molli Surgical Announces FDA Clearance for MOLLI Wire-free Localization Technology for Breast Cancer Surgery

May 3, 2021 — Molli Surgical Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for Molli, a new wire-free ...

May 03, 2021

A 63-year-old multiple #myeloma patient, with skeletal pain. New #FDG avid axillary #lymphadenopathy 62 days (9 weeks) after second #mRNA #vaccination dose. Image used with permission of the Radiological Society of North America (#RSNA)

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane

Help Spread Awareness of Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Imaging Side-effects

Ever so slowly, we are beginning to see some light at the end of the pandemic’s tunnel. Vaccines are now more easily ...

April 29, 2021

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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Radiologists Workflow

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more common place in radiology practices, and emerging technologies are ...

November 11, 2020

Knowledge gaps regarding breast density among women’s health providers can be addressed with web-based education and may lead to more informed and effective patient-provider communications

News | Breast Density

DenseBreast-Info.org Research Published Identifying Important Knowledge Gaps in Breast Density

April 28, 2021 – DenseBreast-info.org (DB-I) announced the results of the study, “Effect of an educational intervention ...

April 28, 2021

ACR releases 13 new topics and five revised topics to support referring physicians and other providers in making the most appropriate imaging or treatment decisions

News | Radiology Imaging

American College of Radiology Releases New and Updated ACR Appropriateness Criteria

April 26, 2021 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) released an update to its ACR Appropriateness Criteria (ACR AC) ...

April 26, 2021

The Imagio Breast Imaging System combines laser light and sound with conventional ultrasound technology to provide fused functional and anatomic images (referred to as optoacoustic/ultrasound or OA/US) in real time, increasing confidence in diagnostic accuracy.

News | Breast Imaging

FDA Clears Imagio P200003 Breast Imaging System

April 23, 2021 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Seno Medical's Imagio P200003 Breast Imaging ...

April 23, 2021

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Table 1. Compared to 2-D mammography, which yields four images per patient, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3-D mammography, produces hundreds of images per patient. While this provides more information for clinicians, the exponential increase in data can result in reader fatigue and burnout, which may ultimately affect patient care.

Case Study | Artificial Intelligence

From Surviving to Thriving: How Regional Medical Imaging Enhanced Productivity

As the largest independent imaging group in Michigan with 10 locations across the state, Regional Medical Imaging (RMI) ...

April 09, 2020

A Norwegian study for the first time reveals benefit of the #PARP inhibitor #Olaparib in patients with early #breastcancer not harboring germline mutations

News | Radiation Therapy

New Study Reveals Targeted Therapy Working in Early Breast Cancer

April 22, 2021 — Targeted therapy in early stages of breast cancer can pave the way for a notable higher success rate ...

April 22, 2021

#SBI #NCoBC Studies presented at two leading breast imaging conferences demonstrate ProFound AI helps radiologists identify normal mammograms and those with increased likelihood of malignancy with precision

News | Breast Imaging

New Research Presented on iCAD’s ProFound AI

April 22, 2021 —iCAD, Inc. announced that new research supporting the clinical value of ProFound AI for Digital Breast ...

April 22, 2021

Women at high risk of breast cancer face cost-associated barriers to care even when they have health insurance, a new study has found.

News | Women's Health

Insurance Isn't Enough for Women at High Risk of Breast Cancer

April 22, 2021 — Women at high risk of breast cancer face cost-associated barriers to care even when they have health ...

April 22, 2021

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Figure 1. R MLO view from four different years. The skin mole is marked with a circular skin marker (TomoSPOT REF# 782, Beekley Medical) on the far-left image. These images demonstrate the potential for significant variability in location of the skin lesion due to movability of the skin during positioning.

Case Study | Breast Imaging

Use of Mole Markers in DBT Improves Clinical Workflow and Patient Safety

Christina Jacobs, M.D., Director of Breast Imaging (Bronson Health System) is always looking for ways to work more ...

April 09, 2020

#LG Business Solutions USA has announced the latest in LG’s full line of professional, medical-grade #diagnostic #monitors, the 31-inch, 12-megapixel #31HN713D, which can be used for multiple modes of #diagnostic study, including 3-D #mammography.

News | Flat Panel Displays

LG Expands Diagnostic Medical Monitor Line with New 12-megapixel Multimodality Display

April 21, 2021 — Spurred by the pandemic and the larger trend toward remote work, radiologists have started seeking ...

April 21, 2021

#SiemensHealthineers #Varian #Siemens The transformative combination accelerates the company’s impact on #global #healthcare and establishes a strong partner for #customers and #patients along the entire #cancer care continuum and for many of the most threatening #diseases

News | Radiology Business

Siemens Healthineers Completes Acquisition of Varian

April 15, 2021 — Siemens Healthineers AG announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Varian Medical ...

April 15, 2021

Comparisons of high definition and standard definition infrared imaging for digital histopathology. Image courtesy of the Beckman Institute

News | Breast Imaging

Configuring Infrared Spectroscopy Tools to Better Detect Breast Cancer

April 14, 2021 — Detecting and analyzing breast cancer goes beyond the initial discovery of the cancer itself. If a ...

April 14, 2021

A 37-year-old woman developed a new, palpable left supraclavicular lymphadenopathy lump five days after her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the left arm. On the day of vaccination, the patient was asymptomatic. This is an example of how the vaccine can mimic cancer and swollen lymph nodes. Image used with permission of RSNA.

Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Dave Fornell, Editor

COVID-19 Vaccine Can Cause False Positive Cancer Diagnosis

While the mass COVID-19 vaccination effort over the past four months is bringing closer the light at the end of the ...

May 03, 2021

3-D mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine screenings, when compared with traditional mammography, according to a large study from Lund University in Sweden. The results are published in the journal Radiology.

News | Breast Imaging

Fewer Breast Cancer Cases Between Screening Rounds with 3-D Mammography

April 9, 2021 — 3-D mammography reduces the number of breast cancer cases diagnosed in the period between routine ...

April 09, 2021

Mobidiag Oy, a privately held, commercial-stage Finnish-French developer of innovative molecular diagnostic tests and instrumentation, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Hologic, Inc., a global leader in women's health, for an enterprise value of approximately $795 million. This includes a cash payment of approximately $714 million for Mobidiag’s equity, and net debt of approximately $81 million.

News | Women's Health

Mobidiag to be Acquired by Hologic for $795M

April 8, 2021 — Mobidiag Oy, a privately held, commercial-stage Finnish-French developer of innovative molecular ...

April 08, 2021

Ultrasound is an invaluable diagnostic tool for the early detection of breast cancer, but the classification of lesions is sometimes challenging and time consuming. Could artificial intelligence hold the answer to solving these problems? Graphic courtesy of Chinese Medical Journal

News | Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence Improves Accuracy of Breast Ultrasound Diagnoses

April 6, 2021 — In 2020, the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization stated that ...

April 06, 2021

iCAD, Inc. announced that ProFound AI for 2D Mammography might notably reduce the risk of interval breast cancer, according to a retrospective analysis recently published in the Journal of Medical Screening.

News | Breast Imaging

New Research Indicates ProFound AI May Reduce Interval Breast Cancer Rates

April 2, 2021 — iCAD, Inc. announced that ProFound AI for 2D Mammography might notably reduce the risk of interval ...

April 02, 2021