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.

Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced disease once cancer is diagnosed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
News | Lung Imaging
Smoking Linked to Lower Use of Cancer Screening Services by Women

August 14, 2020 — Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced ...

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Results of Journal of the American College of Surgeons study should reassure breast cancer patients who experienced surgical postponements due to COVID-19 pandemic
News | Women's Health
Delay in Breast Cancer Operations Appears Non Life-threatening for Early-stage Disease

August 7, 2020 — A new breast cancer study brings reassuring findings for women with early-stage breast cancer who were ...

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Collaboration will include data sharing, R&D and an upgrade of RadNet’s fleet of mammography systems to Hologic’s state-of-the-art imaging technology
News | Breast Imaging
RadNet and Hologic Announce Collaboration to Advance the Development of AI Tools

August 6, 2020 — RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient ...

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Hologic, Inc. launched the Back to Screening campaign encouraging women to schedule their annual mammograms now that healthcare facilities across the nation are re-opening their doors following closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic Announces Back to Screening Campaign

August 3, 2020 — Hologic, Inc. launched the Back to Screening campaign encouraging women to schedule their annual ...

Time August 03, 2020
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It covers every major modality, including breast imaging/mammography, fixed and portable C-arms (cath, IR/angio, hybrid, OR), CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, radiographic fluoroscopy, ultrasound and X-ray
News | Radiology Imaging
Comprehensive Database of Medical Imaging Equipment

July 29, 2020 — IMV Medical Information, part of Science and Medicine Group, announced the release of the latest edition ...

Time July 29, 2020
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Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo, which has already received a CE mark. Zebra Medical’s algorithm empowers breast radiologists by prioritizing and identifying suspicious mammograms, providing a safety net for radiologists. The suspicious mammograms are identified faster and read earlier than the current “first-in first-out” standard of care. 
News | Breast Imaging
Zebra Medical Vision Secures its First FDA Clearance in Oncology

July 26, 2020 — Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo ...

Time July 27, 2020
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News | Women's Health
Ikonopedia Selected for an Enterprise-wide Breast Reporting and Risk Assessment Implementation at Intermountain Healthcare

July 24, 2020 — Ikonopedia announced that Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has selected the ...

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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 ...

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Hologic, Inc. announced he U.S. launch of the SuperSonic MACH 40 ultrasound system, expanding the company’s suite of ultrasound technologies with its first premium, cart-based system.
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic Launches Cart-based Ultrasound System

July 8, 2020 — Hologic, Inc. announced he U.S. launch of the SuperSonic MACH 40 ultrasound system, expanding the company ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Developed by medical AI company Lunit, Software detects breast cancer with 97% accuracy; Study in Lancet Digital Health shows that Lunit INSIGHT MMG-aided radiologists showed an increase in sensitivity
News | Artificial Intelligence
Lunit INSIGHT MMG for Breast Cancer Detection Now CE Certified

June 2, 2020 — Lunit announced that its artificial intelligence (AI) solution for breast cancer, Lunit INSIGHT MMG, has ...

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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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a Schematic of the system. The entire solid tumour is illuminated from four sides by a four-arm fibre bundle. A cylindrically focused linear array is designed to detect optoacoustic signals from the tumour. In vivo imaging is performed in conical scanning geometry by controlling the rotation and translation stages. The sensing part of the transducer array and the tumour are submerged in water to provide acoustic coupling. b Maximum intensity projections of the optoacoustic reconstruction of a phantom of pol
News | Breast Imaging
High-resolution 3-D View Inside Breast Tumors

May 26, 2020 — Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. But individual tumors can vary significantly ...

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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 ...

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The Breast Imaging and Reporting System (BI-RADS) was established by the American College of Radiology to help classify findings on mammography. Findings are classified based on the risk of breast cancer, with a BI-RADS 2 lesion being benign, or not cancerous, and BI-RADS 6 representing a lesion that is biopsy-proven to be malignant.
News | Breast Imaging
Six-month Follow-up Appropriate for BI-RADS 3 Findings on Mammography

May 19, 2020 — Women with mammographically detected breast lesions that are probably benign should have follow-up ...

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Podcast: Impact of COVID-19 on Breast Cancer Treatment with Dr. Andrea Madrigrano
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Kubtec Partners with Surgeons to Address Breast Cancer Patients' Concerns During COVID-19

May 6, 2020 — The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global health crisis, impacting all aspects of life and society ...

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Study to demonstrate the superiority of a single treatment of electron beam IORT compared with weeks of standard radiation therapy
News | Radiation Therapy
First Patient Enrolled in Cosmopolitan Trial for Breast Cancer

April 22, 2020 — IntraOp Medical Corporation announced the first patient enrolled in the Cosmopolitan Trial: A ...

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#COVID19 #Coronavirus #2019nCoV #Wuhanvirus #SARScov2 Ikonopedia is providing web-based training and installation to help customer base leverage efficiency gains to handle anticipated patient volumes post COVID-19
News | Women's Health
Ikonopedia Completes Remote Cloud-Based Implementation at Marshfield Clinic

April 17, 2020 — Ikonopedia announced the completion of an implementation of its structured breast reporting and risk ...

Time April 17, 2020
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The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers (NAPBC), the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons, and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have released new joint recommendations for prioritization, treatment and triage of breast cancer patients during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
News | Breast Imaging
Expert Medical Societies Release Multidisciplinary Recommendations for Breast Cancer Patient Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 13, 2020 — The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS), the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers ...

Time April 13, 2020
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