Breast Density

Breast density, or fibroglandular density, is found through breast imaging and compares the amount of fat to the amount of tissue.

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News | Breast Imaging

FDA Grants QT Imaging Clearance to Calculate Fibroglandular Volume of the Breast

September 26, 2022 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted QT Imaging, Inc. 510(K) clearance to ...

September 26, 2022

#WorldDenseBreastDay Added to the National Day Calendar

News | Breast Density

First-Ever #WorldDenseBreastDay Event to Promote Education about Dense Breasts

September 22, 2022 — DenseBreast-info.org (DB-i) announced that it will host the inaugural #WorldDenseBreastDay on ...

September 22, 2022

When radiologists review mammograms, they can see how dense the breasts are. Below are four mammogram images of breasts. The two images on the right are referred to as dense breasts.

News | Breast Density

DenseBreast-info.org Prioritizes Patient Health Literacy

July 19, 2022 — DenseBreast-info.org (DB-i) has completed a health literacy update of patient educational materials on ...

July 19, 2022

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Table 1. Compared to 2-D mammography, which yields four images per patient, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3-D mammography, produces hundreds of images per patient. While this provides more information for clinicians, the exponential increase in data can result in reader fatigue and burnout, which may ultimately affect patient care.

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From Surviving to Thriving: How Regional Medical Imaging Enhanced Productivity

As the largest independent imaging group in Michigan with 10 locations across the state, Regional Medical Imaging (RMI) ...

April 09, 2020

News | Mammography

US Radiology Specialists and Charlotte Radiology Enhance Mammography Services with Innovative Volpara Health Patient Care Software

May 20, 2022 — US Radiology Specialists, Inc., one of the nation's premier physician-owned radiology companies ...

May 20, 2022

BSC coordinates QUSTom, the first project that will use supercomputing to detect tumors more effectively and safely. The new imaging modality will improve breast cancer diagnosis and potentially replace mammograms

News | Ultrasound Women's Health

New Project Coordinated by the BSC Aims to Revolutionize the Detection of Breast Cancer Using Ultrasound Imaging

May 16, 2022 — The Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) coordinates QUSTom (Quantitative Ultrasound Stochastic ...

May 16, 2022

Using U.S. guidelines, ProFound AI Risk found 14% of women studied who had a negative screen had almost 20 times higher risk of developing breast cancer in the next year than the general risk population

News | Breast Imaging

New Research Finds iCAD's ProFound AI Risk for Digital Breast Tomosynthesis is 2.4x More Accurate than Traditional Lifetime Risk Models

May 16, 2022 — iCAD, Inc., a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy ...

May 16, 2022

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Figure 1. R MLO view from four different years. The skin mole is marked with a circular skin marker (TomoSPOT REF# 782, Beekley Medical) on the far-left image. These images demonstrate the potential for significant variability in location of the skin lesion due to movability of the skin during positioning.

Case Study | Breast Imaging

Use of Mole Markers in DBT Improves Clinical Workflow and Patient Safety

Christina Jacobs, M.D., Director of Breast Imaging (Bronson Health System) is always looking for ways to work more ...

April 09, 2020

In these three examples of soft tissue lesions, the images are unperturbed on the left column and blurred on the right column. The AI system was sensitive to the blurring, while the radiologists were not. This showed that the AI system relies on details in soft tissue lesions that are considered irrelevant by the radiologists. Image courtesy of Taro Makino, NYU’s Center for Data Science

News | Breast Imaging

Radiologists, AI Systems Show Differences in Breast-cancer Screenings, New Case Study Finds

April 29, 2022 — Radiologists and artificial intelligence systems yield significant differences in breast cancer ...

April 29, 2022

Having dense breasts (more fibroglandular tissue than fatty tissue, as visualized on a mammogram) reduces the sensitivity of mammography by masking breast cancers and carries a 1.6- to 2.0-fold increased independent risk for breast cancer.

News | Breast Density

Researchers Identify Misperceptions Surrounding Breast Density Across Race/Ethnicity and Health Literacy Levels

April 27, 2022 — Having dense breasts (more fibroglandular tissue than fatty tissue, as visualized on a mammogram) ...

April 27, 2022

Images in a 68-year-old woman with a screen-detected ductal carcinoma in situ with an artificial intelligence (AI) score of 10 on the screening mammograms.

News | Breast Imaging

AI Shows Potential in Breast Cancer Screening Programs

March 31, 2022 — A major new study in Radiology shows that artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising tool for breast ...

March 31, 2022

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Videos | Breast Density

Innovative Breast Cancer Screening for Women With Dense Breast Tissue

Monica Saini, M.D., consultant medical director — ABUS at GE Healthcare, discusses the necessity for personalized breast ...

January 09, 2017

Breast density notifications aim to educate women about the risks of high breast density, defined as having more fibroglandular tissue than fatty tissue, as visualized on a mammogram.

News | Breast Density

New Findings Suggest That ‘One Size Does Not Fit All’ with Regard to Breast Density Education

March 30, 2022 — Breast density notifications aim to educate women about the risks of high breast density, defined as ...

March 30, 2022

“The Fundamental Flaws of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) Trials: A Scientific Review,” authored by Seely, et al and published on March 29, 2022 in the Journal of Breast Imaging, reinforces criticism directed towards the CNBSS trials.

News | Breast Imaging

First-Hand Accounts in New Paper Cement the Flaws of Decades Old Study

March 29, 2022 — “The Fundamental Flaws of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (CNBSS) Trials: A Scientific ...

March 29, 2022

Selection of mammographic mediolateral oblique views of breasts with different breast density from women between 51 and 68 years of age.

News | Breast Density

AI Provides Accurate Breast Density Classification

March 28, 2022 — An artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately and consistently classify breast density on ...

March 28, 2022

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Case Study | Women's Health

Enhancing Precision, Growing Patient Volume, Fighting a Growing Public Health

Following the global trend, cancer rates in Mexico continue to rise — and breast cancer is now the number-one killer of ...

July 06, 2016

New advancements have the potential to improve early breast cancer detection, but the industry must first overcome the barriers limiting patient access to screening

Feature | Mammography | By Jennifer Meade

Today's Mammography Advancements

Mammography is one of the great triumphs of innovation in breast cancer care, as it is the only screening technology ...

March 21, 2022

Hologic and the WTA kicked off a multi-year partnership this week with their first onsite activities at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, launching a joint vision to achieve greater wellness and equality for women.

News | Women's Health

Hologic WTA Tour Swings into Action Ahead of BNP Paribas Open

March 10, 2022 — Hologic and the WTA kicked off a multi-year partnership this week with their first onsite activities at ...

March 10, 2022

The Global Mammography Devices Market stood at $2744.07 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at a steady CAGR of 5.78% during the forecast period. The growth of mammography devices can be attributed to the growing prevalence of breast cancer across the globe.

News | Breast Imaging

Global Mammography Devices Market Forecast

February 22, 2022 — The Global Mammography Devices Market stood at $2744.07 million in 2020 and is expected to grow at a ...

February 22, 2022

52-Year-Old Woman Presenting for Asymmetry of Right Breast: (A) DBT craniocaudal view shows asymmetry (arrow) in medial right breast (DBT). (B) DBT spot compression view shows asymmetry does not persist (arrowhead). Lesion classified on DBT without, and DBT with, DBT spot compression view as BI-RADS category 4a and 2 by reader 1, category 4a and 2 by reader 2, and category 4b and 2 by reader 3. Follow-up imaging at one year demonstrated stability of finding, consistent with benignity in present analysis.

News | Breast Imaging

Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Spot Compression Clarifies Ambiguous Findings

February 16, 2022—According to an article in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), digital breast tomosynthesis ...

February 16, 2022

Videos | Breast Imaging

VIDEO: Mammography Trends and Advances at RSNA 2021

Stamatia Destounis, M.D., FACR, chief of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Breast Commission, managing partner ...

December 13, 2021

iCAD, Inc., a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy solutions, today announced that its Board of Directors appointed Stacey Stevens as iCAD’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective March 1, 2022.

News | Radiology Business

iCAD Appoints Stacey Stevens as President and CEO

December 6, 2021 — iCAD, Inc., a global medical technology leader providing innovative cancer detection and therapy ...

December 06, 2021

News | Breast Density

DenseBreast-info.org Commemorates 10-Year Anniversary of FDA Breast Density Inform Consensus

November 10, 2021 — DenseBreast-info.org (DB-I) commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the FDA’s National Mammography ...

November 10, 2021

Breast density scale showing the varying degrees of breast density.

Feature | Breast Density | By Robert L. Bard, M.D. DABR, FASL and Noelle Cutter, Ph.D.

Dense Breast Imaging Detection and Image-guided Oncologic Treatment

Prologue In 2014, Imaging Technology News (ITN) introduced breast cancer survivor-turned-crusader Nancy Cappello, Ph.D ...

November 09, 2021