Here are the top 20 most popular articles on the Imaging Technology News (ITN) magazine website from the month of June based on website analytics:

As radiologists, most of us have seen firsthand how dense breast tissue can mask cancer in mammography. As breast density increases, mammography sensitivity decreases and breast cancer risk elevates, highlighting the need for optimal approaches to individualized breast cancer screening.

As healthcare continues to evolve and grow, so does the need to make the large number of disparate technologies fit together and function seamlessly. In some cases, this means first taking apart or reconstructing these information systems. There has been a long-standing need in healthcare to put all components of the patient record with images and all support diagnostic documentation into a single solution rather than a multitude of partial solutions.

Treatment planning systems are at the heart of radiation therapy (RT) and the key to improved patient outcomes. Once image datasets are loaded and the tumors are identified, the systems develop a complex plan for each beam line route for how the therapy system will deliver radiation.

As the healthcare industry continues to rapidly evolve, hospitals and healthcare providers find themselves having to be more adaptable. Changes in technology and payment are altering how treatment is delivered, with a greater emphasis on moving patients in and out of the hospital more quickly while still delivering a high quality of care. For radiology, this means increasing patient throughput and providing imaging study results faster. These conditions have contributed to the rise of mobile digital radiography (DR) systems, which are helping streamline operations throughout the hospital.

I recently attended the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) in San Diego. This year’s meeting included a celebration of the 40th anniversary of FDG, a radiopharmaceutical used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomography (PET) that has had a pervasive impact on molecular imaging. At the opening plenary session, the Henry Wagner Lecture was given by Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., Brookhaven National Laboratory, on “Designing and Synthesizing FDG for the First Human Studies in 1976.” Signage throughout the convention center featured FDG pioneers and quotes on FDG by past presidents.