Womens Imaging: Page 70

U.K. team to conduct personalized breast screening study
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Researchers from Loughborough University in Leicestershire, U.K., plan to conduct a study investigating whether personalized breast cancer screening is a better option for women between the ages of 40 and 70.
December 16, 2018
Machine learning can generate realistic breast phantoms
By Tami Freeman, PhD
Dutch and Italian researchers have used machine-learning algorithms to generate "superresolution" digital breast phantoms. They are now working to develop dynamic contrast-enhanced dedicated breast CT, which may prove useful for many stages of breast cancer care.
December 16, 2018
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U.K. review finds only 5K women missed breast screening
By Brian Casey
An independent review of the recent U.K. breast screening debacle has found that only 5,000 women actually missed invitations to screening appointments, down sharply from the 450,000 originally estimated. The review panel also noted that U.K. public health authorities initially overstated the magnitude of the problem, causing unnecessary anxiety among women.
December 13, 2018
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TOF PET/MRI reduces dose for breast cancer detection
By Wayne Forrest
Clinicians can use as little as 10% of the conventional FDG dose and still produce diagnostic-quality images to detect breast cancer using a time-of-flight (TOF) imaging technique with PET/MRI, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
December 11, 2018
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Philip Ward
December 10, 2018
Why England is correct to review breast-screening approach
By Dr. László Tabár and Dr. Peter B. Dean
The National Health Service in England has begun a long-term plan to evaluate its strategy for breast cancer screening. This review is long overdue, write Drs. László Tabár and Peter B. Dean. They stress the importance of early detection and treatment.
December 10, 2018
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Use ultrasound to evaluate masses found on DBT
By Kate Madden Yee
Ultrasound is 98% effective for further assessing masses found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), according to a study published online on 29 November in the British Journal of Radiology. The findings suggest that a diagnostic mammogram after screening DBT is unnecessary, thus sparing women additional radiation exposure.
December 4, 2018
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ScreenPoint partners with Volpara
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch women's imaging software developer ScreenPoint Medical has signed a memorandum of understanding with breast imaging software developer Volpara Solutions.
November 29, 2018
MedaPhor hits 1M ultrasound images in AI database
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. ultrasound training and quality assurance firm MedaPhor announced its database used for artificial intelligence (AI) training now exceeds 1 million obstetric ultrasound images.
November 27, 2018
How Denmark strives for quality in breast screening
By Philip Ward
Multidisciplinary teamwork, high-volume readers, training and audits, and continuous monitoring of quality are vital in breast cancer screening, according to Dr. Ilse Vejborg, a speaker at Tuesday's RSNA 2018 session on the Nordic countries. Her group also works hard to avoid potential harms from overdiagnosis and unnecessary intervention.
November 26, 2018
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Kheiron gets funding to test deep-learning mammo software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. start-up Kheiron Medical Technologies will be testing its deep-learning breast cancer screening software in the National Health Service as part of a larger radiology project funded by the U.K. government.
November 26, 2018
Spanish show how density affects digital mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
The screening performance of digital mammography can be negatively affected by the density of a woman's breast tissue -- especially tissue that is considered heterogeneously or extremely dense, according to a Spanish study published online on 15 November in the European Journal of Radiology.
November 20, 2018
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