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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.

Diagnostic Centers of America (DCA), Boca Radiology Group and ScreenPoint Medical, Inc., announce strategic partnership to improve early detection using artificial intelligence in mammography
News | Breast Imaging
Strategic Partnership to Improve Early Detection using Artificial Intelligence in Mammography

September 2, 2020 — Diagnostic Centers of America (DCA) and Boca Radiology Group have partnered with ScreenPoint Medical ...

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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have compared the ability of three different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify breast cancer based on previously taken mammograms. The best algorithm proved to be as accurate as the average radiologist.
News | Breast Imaging
Researchers Say AI as Good as Average Radiologist in Identifying Breast Cancer

August 28, 2020 — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have compared the ...

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Hologic, Inc., an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health, announced improvements to the Brevera Breast Biopsy System with CorLumina Imaging Technology, the world’s first and only breast biopsy solution to combine vacuum-assisted tissue acquisition, real-time imaging verification and advanced post-biopsy handling in one, integrated system.
News | Breast Biopsy Systems
Updates to Hologic's Brevera Breast Biopsy System with CorLumina Imaging Technology

August 28, 2020 — Hologic, Inc., an innovative medical technology company primarily focused on improving women’s health ...

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Single-dose radiotherapy replaces need for extra hospital visits, with benefits for patient safety and well-being
News | Women's Health
Single Dose Radiotherapy as Good as Conventional Therapy for Most With Early Breast Cancer

August 20, 2020— For most women with early breast cancer, a single dose of targeted radiotherapy during surgery is just ...

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The results of an online questionnaire of 609 breast cancer survivors in the U.S. suggest that nearly half of patients experienced delays in care during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
News | Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Half of Breast Cancer Survivors Had Delays in Care Due to COVID-19

August 19, 2020 — The results of an online questionnaire of 609 breast cancer survivors in the U.S. suggest that nearly ...

Time August 19, 2020
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Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced disease once cancer is diagnosed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
News | Lung Imaging
Smoking Linked to Lower Use of Cancer Screening Services by Women

August 14, 2020 — Smoking is strongly linked to lower use of cancer screening services by women, and more advanced ...

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Results of Journal of the American College of Surgeons study should reassure breast cancer patients who experienced surgical postponements due to COVID-19 pandemic
News | Women's Health
Delay in Breast Cancer Operations Appears Non Life-threatening for Early-stage Disease

August 7, 2020 — A new breast cancer study brings reassuring findings for women with early-stage breast cancer who were ...

Time August 07, 2020
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Collaboration will include data sharing, R&D and an upgrade of RadNet’s fleet of mammography systems to Hologic’s state-of-the-art imaging technology
News | Breast Imaging
RadNet and Hologic Announce Collaboration to Advance the Development of AI Tools

August 6, 2020 — RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient ...

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Hologic, Inc. launched the Back to Screening campaign encouraging women to schedule their annual mammograms now that healthcare facilities across the nation are re-opening their doors following closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic Announces Back to Screening Campaign

August 3, 2020 — Hologic, Inc. launched the Back to Screening campaign encouraging women to schedule their annual ...

Time August 03, 2020
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It covers every major modality, including breast imaging/mammography, fixed and portable C-arms (cath, IR/angio, hybrid, OR), CT, MRI, nuclear medicine, radiographic fluoroscopy, ultrasound and X-ray
News | Radiology Imaging
Comprehensive Database of Medical Imaging Equipment

July 29, 2020 — IMV Medical Information, part of Science and Medicine Group, announced the release of the latest edition ...

Time July 29, 2020
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Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo, which has already received a CE mark. Zebra Medical’s algorithm empowers breast radiologists by prioritizing and identifying suspicious mammograms, providing a safety net for radiologists. The suspicious mammograms are identified faster and read earlier than the current “first-in first-out” standard of care. 
News | Breast Imaging
Zebra Medical Vision Secures its First FDA Clearance in Oncology

July 26, 2020 — Zebra Medical Vision announced its sixth FDA 510(k) clearance for its mammography solution, HealthMammo ...

Time July 27, 2020
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News | Women's Health
Ikonopedia Selected for an Enterprise-wide Breast Reporting and Risk Assessment Implementation at Intermountain Healthcare

July 24, 2020 — Ikonopedia announced that Intermountain Healthcare, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, has selected the ...

Time July 24, 2020
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Simulation finds starting at age 30 with MRI and mammography to be the preferred strategy; starting at 25 prevented marginally more deaths, but with more testing and emotional stress
News | Breast Imaging
When and How to Monitor for Breast Cancer After Childhood Chest Radiation

July 9, 2020 — Chest radiation is used to treat children with Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma as well as lung ...

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Hologic, Inc. announced he U.S. launch of the SuperSonic MACH 40 ultrasound system, expanding the company’s suite of ultrasound technologies with its first premium, cart-based system.
News | Breast Imaging
Hologic Launches Cart-based Ultrasound System

July 8, 2020 — Hologic, Inc. announced he U.S. launch of the SuperSonic MACH 40 ultrasound system, expanding the company ...

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Advanced Radiation Therapy has completed the first AccuBoost Digital installation at Rhode Island Hospital (RIH). This state-of-the-art platform leverages the superior resolution of digital mammography in the delivery of breast radiation therapy.
News | Breast Imaging
First AccuBoost Digital Installation for Radiation Treatment of Breast Cancer

July 6, 2020 — Advanced Radiation Therapy has completed the first AccuBoost Digital installation at Rhode Island ...

Time July 06, 2020
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VolparaEnterprise data analysis shows mammography screening volumes are quickly increasing
News | Mammography
Volpara Solutions Helps Customers Resume Breast Screening Operations Amid COVID-19

June 9, 2020 — More than 75 percent of hospitals and imaging centers that perform mammography across the United States ...

Time June 09, 2020
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In new QuickPoLL survey on imaging during the pandemic, responses were tallied from around 170 radiology administrators and business managers, who are part of an imagePRO panel created by The MarkeTech Group (TMTG), regarding the effects of COVID-19 on their business. TMTG is a research firm specializing in the medical device, healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.
Feature | Coronavirus (COVID-19) | By Melinda Taschetta-Millane
Insight on the Impact of COVID-19 on Medical Imaging

The true impact that COVID-19 has had on the medical imaging industry still remains to be seen, as hospitals and imaging ...

Time June 30, 2020
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Developed by medical AI company Lunit, Software detects breast cancer with 97% accuracy; Study in Lancet Digital Health shows that Lunit INSIGHT MMG-aided radiologists showed an increase in sensitivity
News | Artificial Intelligence
Lunit INSIGHT MMG for Breast Cancer Detection Now CE Certified

June 2, 2020 — Lunit announced that its artificial intelligence (AI) solution for breast cancer, Lunit INSIGHT MMG, has ...

Time June 02, 2020
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AI has the potential to help radiologists improve the efficiency and effectiveness of breast cancer imaging
Feature | Breast Imaging | By January Lopez, M.D.
The Exciting Future of AI and Mammography - and Physicians

Headlines around the world the past several months declared that artificial intelligence (AI) is better at detecting ...

Time May 28, 2020
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a Schematic of the system. The entire solid tumour is illuminated from four sides by a four-arm fibre bundle. A cylindrically focused linear array is designed to detect optoacoustic signals from the tumour. In vivo imaging is performed in conical scanning geometry by controlling the rotation and translation stages. The sensing part of the transducer array and the tumour are submerged in water to provide acoustic coupling. b Maximum intensity projections of the optoacoustic reconstruction of a phantom of pol
News | Breast Imaging
High-resolution 3-D View Inside Breast Tumors

May 26, 2020 — Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. But individual tumors can vary significantly ...

Time May 26, 2020
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