Search Tag: mammogram
2024 12 Jun
Screening mammography guidelines recommend that scans be reviewed by multiple physicians. While mammography has significantly improved breast cancer outcomes, screening programmes add a substantial workload to healthcare workers who are already facing shortages. There is considerable interest in using artificial intelligence (AI) to address this...Read more
2024 12 Jun
Screening mammography guidelines recommend that scans be reviewed by multiple physicians. While mammography has significantly improved breast cancer outcomes, screening programmes add a substantial workload to healthcare workers who are already facing shortages. There is considerable interest in using artificial intelligence (AI) to address this...Read more
2024 12 Jun
Screening mammography guidelines recommend that scans be reviewed by multiple physicians. While mammography has significantly improved breast cancer outcomes, screening programmes add a substantial workload to healthcare workers who are already facing shortages. There is considerable interest in using artificial intelligence (AI) to address this...Read more
2024 30 Apr
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendations for breast cancer screening, suggesting that women should begin regular mammograms at the age of 40 rather than waiting until 50 as previously advised. This decision, published in JAMA , was reached by one of the foremost independent organisations setting...Read more
2024 30 Apr
The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has updated its recommendations for breast cancer screening, suggesting that women should begin regular mammograms at the age of 40 rather than waiting until 50 as previously advised. This decision, published in JAMA , was reached by one of the foremost independent organisations setting...Read more
2023 11 Oct
A recent survey was conducted among breast radiologists to investigate the common factors that impact workplace satisfaction and the chances that breast radiologists leave their jobs. Members of the Society of Breast Imaging were surveyed about workplace satisfaction, with radiologists specifying recent departures from or contemplation of leaving...Read more
2023 07 Jun
Save the date for the 10th Breast Density Workshop set for June 7-9, 2023 on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. More updates coming soon, join our mailing list to stay up-to-date. Read more
2020 02 Jan
A newly-published study in the journal Nature suggests that AI diagnoses breast cancer from mammograms more accurately than radiologists. A computer, specially designed and trained by a team of researchers from international bodies such as Google Health and Imperial College London, performed as well as two doctors working together....Read more
2019 13 Nov
Summary: Across the world, there is a workforce crisis impacting breast disease management that is partly attributed to a shortage of radiologists. In the UK, a new credentialling programme seeks to tackle this through training more clinicians to become breast treatment experts. A new three-year accreditation programme, launched by the Royal...Read more
2017 27 Sep
93% of Women Surveyed Reported Improved Comfort with the New System* Hologic, Inc . has announced the commercial availability of its new SmartCurve™ breast stabilization system, which has been clinically proven to deliver a more comfortable mammogram without compromising image quality, workflow or dose. 1 The SmartCurve system is available...Read more