Womens Imaging: Page 45

Prototype breast device displays much promise
By Theresa Pablos
A team from Heidelberg in Germany has reported that a prototype device combining 3D automated breast ultrasound and digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) performed well in a feasibility study. The scanner identified 97% of cancers and added only about a minute to the DBT exam time.
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Sweden's Karolinska unveils breast AI results
By Theresa Pablos
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm have found that a breast cancer risk assessment model based on artificial intelligence (AI) outperformed traditional methods. The AI model beat conventional risk models used alone and when combined with breast density data.
December 22, 2020
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New data reveal true scale of missed scans and backlog
By Philip Ward
At least 4.4 million fewer diagnostic examination scans were performed in England between April and September 2020 compared with the same period in 2019, BBC News reported on 17 December. One in seven patients is now waiting more than three months for a scan.
December 20, 2020
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Debate intensifies over breast screening Singapore
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women in Singapore are not supplied with sufficient information to confront breast cancer, according to a viewpoint expressed in the local media by Dr. Rameysh Danovani, consultant radiologist and medical director at Specialist Women's Imaging Singapore.
December 15, 2020
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Philip Ward
December 13, 2020
Spanish show the way on contrast-enhanced mammography
By Philip Ward
Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography is becoming a useful clinical technique due to its relatively low cost, increasing availability, and suitability for women who are contraindicated for MRI, but some important practical drawbacks remain, according to award-winning Spanish research presented at the RSNA 2020 meeting.
December 13, 2020
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When is it safe to skip breast radiotherapy?
By Theresa Pablos
Omitting radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery should be an option for older patients with localized, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer who are receiving adjuvant hormone therapy, Scottish investigators have reported at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
December 10, 2020
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ScreenPoint reaches Transpara milestone
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch artificial intelligence (AI) software developer ScreenPoint Medical said that its Transpara AI software has been used to assist radiologists in interpreting more than 1 million mammograms around the world.
December 8, 2020
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Dispute escalates over MRI's role in breast screening
By Edna Astbury-Ward, PhD
A fierce debate is underway in the Netherlands over the use of MRI for screening women with dense breasts. The Dutch Society of Radiology has voiced its strong opposition to recent national guidance issued by the Health Council. The Health Council is against the use of MRI in breast cancer screening.
December 7, 2020
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Ibex Medical Analytics, Institut Curie partner on breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Ibex Medical Analytics and Institut Curie are joining forces to improve breast cancer detection using artificial intelligence.
December 3, 2020
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Dutch group shows how AI can find interval breast cancers
By Theresa Pablos
Researchers from The Netherlands and the U.K. have used artificial intelligence (AI) software to pinpoint interval breast cancers. An AI program detected more than one-third of breast cancers missed on screening mammography in two different studies presented at RSNA 2020.
December 3, 2020
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Home breast screening device grabs attention
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The Blue Box, a home testing kit for breast cancer, has won the first prize in the international James Dyson Award, which means a 30,000 pound (33,730 euro) cash windfall for the 23-year-old Spanish developer, according to a BBC News report.
November 22, 2020
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