AuntMinnie | Researchers at Stanford University are working on a dedicated breast MRI coil with smaller coil elements, which they believe could result in sharper images and up to three times the sensitivity of standard MRI coils. The coil design could prove better suited for following...
AuntMinnie | Using software to partially automate and centralize routine quality control (QC) of digital mammography could improve the modality's consistency and reliability, while streamlining QC procedures, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting in Vancouver. Martin...
AuntMinnie | Switching from film-screen to full-field digital mammography (FFDM) increases the total repeat rate for screening mammograms, offsetting some of the dose savings afforded by the digital equipment, according to research presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting...
DiagnosticImaging | The United States Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) released changes regarding the recommendations for screening mammography on November 16th, 2009. Previous recommendations stated that screening mammography should be performed every one to two years for women beginning at age 40. The 2009 recommendations changed...
AuntMinnie | A research paper published on Thursday by the British Medical Journal has cast fresh doubt on the value of breast screening by suggesting that declining mortality rates are due more to improvements in treatment and the efficiency of healthcare systems than mammography screening. "A...