Automated breast ultrasound or ABUS – where the ultrasound transducer is moved across the breast under automated control rather than […]
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Intervention by Radiologists
Radiologists have traditionally been considered specialists in diagnosis because they examine medical images, but there is a small subset that […]
Ultrasound Embraces the Challenge
Earlier this week, Rebekah Moan, who is a contributing writer for AuntMinnie.com, published three articles that are relevant for breast cancer […]
Coming Full Circle
On Friday 6 January 1956, Allan Cormack arrived for work at Groote Schuur Hospital, having been appointed as part-time nuclear physicist, spending […]
Radiomics in Breast Cancer
Most people will have heard of genomics – the study of a person’s genes – or proteomics – the study of proteins – but […]
Ultrasound Screening after FFDM and DBT
In the past decade, 38 states in the USA have enacted legislation requiring radiologists to notify a woman if, after undergoing a […]
Opto-Acoustic Imaging Holds Promise
The problem with breast imaging modalities such as mammography and ultrasound, is that they are only able to show the […]
Launch of a New Journal
The Society of Breast Imaging and Oxford University Press have recently launched the Journal of Breast Imaging (JBI), the first peer-reviewed journal […]
New Guidelines Stir Up Controversy
A paper appeared earlier this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine entitled “Screening for breast cancer in average-risk women: a guidance […]
ABUS vs DBT – Again
The European Congress of Radiology, with a giant octopus in the registration area and a collage of aquatic images, concluded in […]