Search Tag: breast ultrasound
2023 23 Jul
Samsung Applies Deep Learning from Big Data in World-First The Samsung RS80A with Prestige premium ultrasound device now includes S-Detect™, which applies deep learning to breast lesion analysis using ultrasound. Background Breast ultrasound can be hard to read and interpret and the reader may experience fatigue and attention lapses....Read more
2023 23 Jun
According to a new study, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for breast lesion classification on ultrasound have shown significant improvements in radiologists' diagnostic performance. This prospective study included patients from eight secondary or rural hospitals in China. The patients were scheduled to undergo biopsy or surgical resection...Read more
2023 23 Jun
According to a new study, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for breast lesion classification on ultrasound have shown significant improvements in radiologists' diagnostic performance. This prospective study included patients from eight secondary or rural hospitals in China. The patients were scheduled to undergo biopsy or surgical resection...Read more
2023 23 Jun
According to a new study, computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) systems for breast lesion classification on ultrasound have shown significant improvements in radiologists' diagnostic performance. This prospective study included patients from eight secondary or rural hospitals in China. The patients were scheduled to undergo biopsy or surgical resection...Read more
2021 16 Oct
The U.S. FDA recently granted PMA approval to Delphinus Medical Technologies’ SoftVue™ 3D Whole Breast Ultrasound Tomography System. This system is intended to supplement digital mammography for cancer screening women with dense breasts. About 40% of U.S. women have dense breast tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer. This risk is three-to-six times...Read more
2021 14 Oct
Major breast cancer charities worldwide annually celebrate October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” This campaign began in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and Imperial Chemical Industries’ bio sciences division (now part of AstraZeneca) to raise awareness and funds for researching causes, prevention, diagnosis, treatments,...Read more
2021 30 Sep
On 24 September in Nature Communications , NYU and NYU Abu Dhabi researchers reported developing an artificial intelligence (AI) system with radiologist-level accuracy for identifying breast cancer in ultrasound. Ultrasound is a critical tool used along with mammography for breast cancer screening, detection, and characterization. Compared to...Read more
2019 14 May
Breast density is recognised as a risk factor for breast cancer, and dense breast tissue can decrease mammographic sensitivity, leading to diagnostic delay . This is of particular concern to women in their 40s and 50s , for whom the prevalence of dense breasts ranges from 38% to 57%. Concerns about the low sensitivity of screening mammography...Read more
2019 07 May
The shift to structured radiology reports has increased report clarity for referring providers and is supported by most radiologists. As the movement for increased transparency in healthcare continues, more and more patients are accessing their imaging reports via patient portals. When radiologists address the clinical question that was posed,...Read more
2017 20 Jun
Dedicated computer aided detection (CAD)-software for automated breast ultrasound has the potential to improve the cancer detection rates of radiologists screening for breast cancer, according to new research published in the European Journal of Radiology. Mammography surveillance programmes have shown to reduce deaths from breast cancer. However,...Read more
2015 21 Sep
Breast density remains a hot topic in radiology, and although much is known about the impact of breast density on mammographic screening, what to do with that information is not always clear. Polarisation of opinion on the pros and cons of mammographic screening has left women confused, and hindered early detection of breast cancer, according to Professor...Read more
2015 10 Apr
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can definitively diagnose around 90 percent of all breast cancers, compared to only 37.5 percent detection rate for the combined methods of mammography and ultrasound. This is the key finding of a study reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology . The study was conducted at the University Department of Radiology...Read more
2014 08 Dec
A session on breast ultrasound at the 2014 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago (30 November-4 December) heard from Islamiat Ego-Osuala, MD, who presented a study of the use and role of adjunct ultrasound (US) screening following implementation of the breast density notification law in New York state in January 2013. ...Read more
2014 05 Dec
As Connecticut was the first state in the USA to enact breast density legislation in 2009, radiologists there have had the opportunity to study the effects of adding screening breast ultrasound in women with dense breast tissue. Jean Weigert, MD, Hartford Healthcare, outlined results from year 3 and 4 (2012 and 2013) following the legislation coming...Read more
2014 04 Dec
On a population basis, more harm than good is caused by the addition of breast ultrasound after a negative mammographic work-up, cautioned Betty Tuong, MD, University of British Columbia, presenting a study at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting in Chicago. Abnormal screening mammograms are often further evaluated with...Read more
2014 04 Sep
The European market is evolving for innovative, multi-modality imaging systems which can accurately and efficiently detect breast cancer. With the expansion of the cohort of women 40 years of age and older, the typical population targeted by national screening programs, rates will continue to rise both for screening and diagnosis. As such, the need...Read more
2014 18 Jul
North Manchester General Hospital and The Royal Oldham Hospital, both part of The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, have enhanced their breast ultrasound delivery capabilities by becoming the first in the UK to install the newest iteration of Siemens Healthcare’s ACUSON S FamilyTM of ultrasound imaging systems. With clinical technology evolving rapidly,...Read more