Women's Health

The women’s health channel includes news, videos, podcasts and other content related to technology used to detect and treat breast cancer and cervical cancer, including mammography, breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), automated breast ultrasound (ABUS), breast ultrasound, breast biopsy and breast radiation therapy.

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

Lymph node measurements in 33-year-old woman for bilateral screening breast ultrasound.

News | Breast Imaging

Resolution Time of COVID Vaccine-Related Lymphadenopathy

May 19, 2022 — According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), axillary lymphadenopathy detected by breast ...

May 19, 2022

The integrated software application verifies correct alignment of external anatomy with surface tracking and internal anatomy with stereoscopic X-Ray imaging at breath hold. (Source: UZ Brussel)

News | Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

UZ Brussel First to Treat Breast Cancer Patients with New Brainlab Deep Inspiration Breath Hold with Instant X-Ray Confirmation

May 19, 2022 — Brainlab announced that clinicians at UZ Brussel are the first to treat patients with the company’s new ...

May 19, 2022

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Webinar | Mammography

WEBINAR: Advanced Diagnostic Technology for Accurate Imaging

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the radiology community. Hospitals, doctors’ offices and clinics found ...

March 03, 2022

Robert Bard, MD, and his wife Loreto, attend the 35th Anniversary Ellis Island Medals of Honor in New York City. Image courtesy of Dr. Bard

News | Radiation Oncology

Cancer Diagnostic Expert, ITN Editorial Advisory Board Member, Receives National Medal of Honor

May 19, 2022 — Robert L. Bard, M.D., an ITN editorial advisory board member, received one of the highest achievements of ...

May 19, 2022

For the first time, an AI-based decision support software for breast cancer detection uses patient’s prior exams to refine its prediction of malignancy

News | Breast Imaging

Therapixel Releases A New Version Of MammoScreen

May 18, 2022 — Therapixel, a company leading the use of AI-based software for women’s health, announces it has released ...

May 18, 2022

Preliminary findings include a 15% relative CVD risk reduction within eight weeks

News | Women's Health

Time-restricted Eating May Lower CVD Risk for Older Breast Cancer Survivors

May 18 2022 — Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours ...

May 18, 2022

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Videos | Artificial Intelligence

VIDEO: Integrating Artificial Intelligence Into Radiologists Workflow

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming more common place in radiology practices, and emerging technologies are ...

November 11, 2020

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

Industry leading AI-powered breast health platform optimizes breast cancer screening, reporting and cancer risk assessment to save families from cancer

News | Women's Health

Volpara Health Showcases Enhancements to Its Integrated Breast Health Platform at SBI

May 12, 2022 — Volpara Health will showcase new and updated products for its integrated platform for the delivery of ...

May 12, 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.

Case Study | Artificial Intelligence

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

The Intelligent Interactive Educational Technology from DetectedX has shown a 34% improvement in the accuracy of diagnosing difficult cases

News | Radiology Education

DetectedX Launches Radiology Online Learning Platform to the U.S. Market at SBI

May 11, 2022 — DetectedX announced that it will launch its Radiology Online Learning Platform to radiologists in the ...

May 11, 2022

Update to 2012 guideline addresses advanced radiation therapy techniques and outlines best practices for patient-centered, multidisciplinary care

News | Radiation Therapy

ASTRO Issues Clinical Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases

May 10, 2022 — A new clinical guideline from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) provides guidance on ...

May 10, 2022

When performing a biopsy procedure, radiologists can feel more confident in their sampling with the assistance of shear wave elastography.

Feature | Ultrasound Imaging | By Jennifer Meade

Utilizing Shear Wave Elastography Across the Breast Health Journey

Ultrasound has become one of the most important diagnostic tools in a radiologist’s toolkit. In the early days of ...

May 03, 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

Innovative ultrasound system designed for accessible and personalized breast imaging at point of care

News | Ultrasound Women's Health

FDA Clears iSono Health's Atusa Automated and Wearable 3D Breast Ultrasound

May 3, 2022 — iSono Health, Inc. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the company’s Atusa ...

May 03, 2022

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

A group of CNIO researchers headed by Manuel Valiente have found a new strategy that could be used in patients with brain metastasis to detect radioresistance.

News | Radiation Therapy

CNIO Researchers Find a Way to Increase Effectiveness of Radiotherapy for Brain Metastasis

April 26, 2022 — A group of CNIO researchers headed by Manuel Valiente have found a new strategy that could be used in ...

April 26, 2022

Fostering global excellence in diagnostic accuracy, DetectedX and GE Healthcare have entered into an educational partnership to expand access to the Radiology Online Learning Platform from DetectedX.

News | Radiology Education

DetectedX and GE Healthcare Enter Mammography Education Partnership to Improve Accuracy and Better Inform Clinical Decisions

April 25, 2022 — Fostering global excellence in diagnostic accuracy, DetectedX and GE Healthcare have entered into an ...

April 25, 2022

Toronto-based Molli Surgical is gaining momentum, providing its patient-first solution to University Health Network’s (UHN) Sprott Department of Surgery. Molli Surgical’s Canadian-designed, wire-free and radiation-free marker technology for localizing lesions for breast cancer surgery will improve patient and physician comfort and confidence.

News | Breast Imaging

Molli Surgical and Sprott Surgery’s Breast Surgery Program at UHN will Help Improve Access to Care

April 8, 2022 — Toronto-based Molli Surgical is gaining momentum, providing its patient-first solution to University ...

April 08, 2022

Research in the March 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined data from the Ontario Cancer Registry from September 25, 2016 through September 26, 2020, to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of new cancer cases detected.

News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

New Research in JNCCN Measures Drop in Cancer Detection Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2022 — Research in the March 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network examined ...

April 06, 2022

The American College of Radiology (ACR) has selected 22 teams as the first cohort of the ACR Learning Network, a new initiative to improve diagnostic imaging through a learning health system approach.

News | Radiology Education

New ACR Initiative Harnesses Learning Health System Approach to Improve Diagnostic Imaging

April 5, 2022 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) has selected 22 teams as the first cohort of the ACR Learning ...

April 05, 2022