Tracking mammography outcome data has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. We used to simply ask… benign or malignant, how small and what type? This level of generality in mammography screening is long gone. In its wake, we have dozens, even hundreds, of data points
Read MoreGuest post: Emily Crane, Research Director, KLAS Recently Newsweek ran a story proposing that digital mammography has no added benefit to plain film mammography for women 65 years of age and upward. I had a very strong emotional reaction to this story initially given the large
Read More[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNMrzX7n_Io] Women's Health Clinical Development Manager Anne Richards discusses hot women's health topics at the 2010 RSNA Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
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Last month Carestream Health received approval from the FDA for our CR Mammography Feature. As one of the first digital mammography systems to gain FDA approval since 2006, we’re very excited about the news! Because CR-based mammography solutions provide excellent image quality at an affordable price,
Read More A recent CDC report examining mammography prevalence confirmed what I’ve been hearing from many customers: screening compliance is flat to down in the U.S. The most common reason women give for not having a mammogram is that their primary care did not recommend the test. It’s
Read More Today we’re dealing with a confusing topic with significant clinical, technical and legal ramifications. Specific retention requirements—like screening conventions themselves—vary widely by country as well as locally at the province/state level. In general, retention of prior film and digital images falls into two very different camps:
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Connecticut recently passed a law mandating that women undergoing mammography screening be informed of their breast tissue density. Much discussion has followed as to whether this is a good idea for patients, and what the ramifications might be for mammography centers and women’s health providers
Read MoreDr. Andrew Maidment, University of Pennsylanvia, discusses DBT and future directions in women's healthcare imaging Andrew Maidment, Ph.D., FAAPM, is Associate Professor of Radiology; Co-Director, HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Scholars Program in Biomedical Imaging and Informational Sciences, and; Chief, Physics Section at the Hospital of the University of
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When I speak with experienced radiologists about the “old days” of reading film-based mammographic images, they often tell me they are now able to read more efficiently with today’s digital mammography technology. While intuitively you might assume that digital is and always has been better,
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As someone who has watched numerous debates about mammography screening transpire, there’s one “standard” that we can all agree on: double reading, of any kind, improves detection rates and can save lives. Numerous studies lend evidence to the effectiveness of double reading*—whereby at least two radiologists
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