Womens Imaging: Page 103

Breast MR finds significant cancer that mammo misses

By Kate Madden Yee

Additional breast cancers found with MRI after mammography can be larger and more aggressive -- and may prompt a change in a patient's treatment plan, according to a new study published in Radiology.

November 26, 2015

Second-opinion gynecologic MRIs may prevent surgery

By Rebekah Moan

Expert second-opinion review of gynecologic oncologic MR images is important as it can affect treatment. Approximately 20% of MRIs had discrepancies between initial and second-opinion interpretations in a new study, which would have affected management, including preventing surgery.

November 23, 2015

IMS performs first prone tomo-guided biopsy

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian women's imaging vendor Internazionale Medico Scientifica (IMS) announced that Dr. G. Saguatti of Bellaria Hospital in Bologna, Italy, has performed a digital breast tomosynthesis-guided biopsy with the patient in the prone position.

November 23, 2015

AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Rebekah Moan

November 10, 2015

New breast MRI scoring system rivals BI-RADS

By Rebekah Moan

A new, simple scoring system for breast MRI not only compensates for reader experience, it also gives BI-RADS a run for its money, researchers from Austria found. Known as Tree, the scoring system shows high diagnostic accuracy in mass and nonmass lesions and also improves diagnostic accuracy in nonexpert readers.

November 10, 2015

WhatsApp enables teleultrasound in Nigeria

By Erik L. Ridley

Patients in rural areas of Nigeria may not have ready access to experts for potentially lifesaving consultations on complicated ultrasound exams. Fortunately, there's an app for that.

November 5, 2015

Breast ultrasound helps mammography find more cancer

By Frances Rylands-Monk

Adding ultrasound to mammography screening detects more early invasive breast cancer and probably reduces mortality, according to a 4 November study in the journal Lancet. The Japanese trial is thought to be the first of its kind in a large, randomized, multicenter population with a focus on younger, average-risk women.

November 4, 2015

Use vascular indexes to exclude malignant breast masses

By Rebekah Moan

Using vascular indexes obtained via 3D power Doppler ultrasound can accurately characterize suspicious breast masses, and adding it to 2D ultrasound may reduce unnecessary biopsies, noted Turkish researchers in an article published online in the European Journal of Radiology.

November 3, 2015

MRI accurately pinpoints tubal pregnancy

By Rebekah Moan

MRI plays an important role in the early diagnosis and management of tubal pregnancy, and certain features on MRI such as "three rings" make it ideal for early diagnosis of this condition, according to an article published in European Radiology.

October 28, 2015

Seno Medical highlights study at EUSOBI meeting

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging developer Seno Medical Instruments is directing attention to presentations involving its Imagio optoacoustic breast imaging system at the recent annual scientific meeting of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) in London.

October 27, 2015

JFR: How to optimize breast MRI interpretation

By Dr. Isabelle Doutriaux

MRI is vital for detecting breast pathologies, but success depends on awareness of indications, patient preparation, interpretation, and result management, says Dr. Isabelle Doutriaux, who took part in Monday's breast MRI session at the French national radiology congress, JFR 2015.

October 20, 2015

Portuguese aim to pinpoint gynecologic cancers

By Rebekah Moan

Hereditary syndromes are responsible for about 10% of gynecologic cancers, but are there any distinctive imaging features that accompany them? Unfortunately not, Portuguese researchers have found, but they have identified other key points.

October 15, 2015

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